About the Authors
- Nancy M. Cladel
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* E-mail: nmc4@psu.edu
Affiliations The Jake Gittlen Laboratories for Cancer Research, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America
- Lynn R. Budgeon
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Affiliations The Jake Gittlen Laboratories for Cancer Research, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America
- Karla K. Balogh
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Affiliations The Jake Gittlen Laboratories for Cancer Research, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America
- Timothy K. Cooper
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Affiliation Department of Comparative Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine Hershey, PA, United States of America
- Jiafen Hu
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Affiliations The Jake Gittlen Laboratories for Cancer Research, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America
- Neil D. Christensen
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Affiliations The Jake Gittlen Laboratories for Cancer Research, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NDC JH NMC. Wrote the paper: NMC. Performed the animal experiments: NMC JH KKB. Performed all histological procedures: LRB. Performed the Q PCR quantification: JH. Carried out weekly analyses of the data: NMC. Initial evaluations of the immunohistochemistry and histology: LRB NDC. Provided expert analysis of the histological sections: TKC.