About the Authors
- Roderick J. Tan
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Lili Zhou
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Dong Zhou
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Lin Lin
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Youhua Liu
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* E-mail: 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.