About the Authors

Henrik O. Berdel

Affiliations Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, United States of America, Palmetto Health/University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, United States of America

Hongyu Yin

Affiliations Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, United States of America, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Peking, China

Jun Yao Liu

Affiliation Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, United States of America

Karolina Grochowska

Affiliation Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, United States of America

Christopher Middleton

Affiliation Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, United States of America

Nathan Yanasak

Affiliation Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, United States of America

Rafik Abdelsayed

Affiliation Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, United States of America

Wolfgang E. Berdel

Affiliation Department of Medicine A, Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Mahmood Mozaffari

Affiliation Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, United States of America

Jack C. Yu

Affiliation Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, United States of America

Babak Baban

bbaban@gru.edu

Affiliation Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HB WB MM NY JY BB. Performed the experiments: HB HY JL KG CM NY BB. Analyzed the data: HB CM NY RA WB JY BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JY BB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HB WB JY BB.