About the Authors

Matthew S. Wosnitzer

maw7011@med.cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Anna Mielnik

Affiliation Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Ali Dabaja

Affiliation Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Brian Robinson

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Peter N. Schlegel

Affiliation Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Darius A. Paduch

Affiliation Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSW AM PNS DAP. Performed the experiments: MSW AM DAP. Analyzed the data: MSW AD AM DAP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSW AM AD BDR PNS DAP. Wrote the paper: MSW AM DAP. Pathology analysis: BDR.