About the Authors

Cinthia Pi

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States of America

Emma H. Allott

Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

Daniel Ren

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States of America

Susan Poulton

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States of America

S. Y. Ryan Lee

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States of America

Sarah Perkins

Affiliation Cardiff School of Biosciences, Biomedical Sciences Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Mary Lou Everett

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States of America

Zoie E. Holzknecht

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States of America

Shu S. Lin

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States of America

William Parker

bparker@duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CP EHA DR SP (Susan Poulton) SYRL SP (Sarah Perkins) MLE ZEH SSL WP. Performed the experiments: CP EHA DR SP (Susan Poulton) SYRL SP (Sarah Perkins) MLE ZEH WP. Analyzed the data: CP EHA DR SP (Susan Poulton) SYRL SP (Sarah Perkins) MLE ZEH WP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SP (Susan Poulton) SSL WP. Wrote the paper: CP EHA DR SP (Susan Poulton) SYRL SP (Sarah Perkins) MLE ZEH SSL WP.