About the Authors

Jon M. Davison

davisonjm@upmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Melissa Yee

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

J. Michael Krill-Burger

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Maureen A. Lyons-Weiler

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lori A. Kelly

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Christin M. Sciulli

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Katie S. Nason

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

James D. Luketich

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

George K. Michalopoulos

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

William A. LaFramboise

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMD GKM WAL. Performed the experiments: MY LAK CMS MALW. Analyzed the data: JMD JMKB GKM WAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KSN JDL. Wrote the paper: JMD GKM WAL.