About the Authors

Wei Bin Fang

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States of America

Benford Mafuvadze

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States of America

Min Yao

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States of America

An Zou

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States of America

Mike Portsche

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States of America

Nikki Cheng

ncheng@kumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WF NC. Performed the experiments: WF BM MY AZ MP NC. Analyzed the data: WF BM MY AZ NC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WF AZ NC. Wrote the paper: NC.