About the Authors

Roderick J. Tan

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

Lili Zhou

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

Dong Zhou

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

Lin Lin

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

Youhua Liu

liuy@upmc.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors did receive funding from Abbott Laboratories for this manuscript but have no other declarations with regards to consultancy, employment, patents, etc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJT LZ DZ YL. Performed the experiments: RJT LZ DZ LL YL. Analyzed the data: RJT YL. Wrote the manuscript: RJT YL.