About the Authors

John O. Marentette

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 S. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63104, United States of America

Robert E. Hurst

Affiliation Department of Urology, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, 940 S. L. Young Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, United States of America

Jane McHowat

mchowaj@slu.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 S. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63104, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM JOM REH. Performed the experiments: JM JOM. Analyzed the data: JM JOM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM JOM REH. Wrote the paper: JM JOM.