About the Authors

Aniuska Becerra-Artiles

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America

Omar Dominguez-Amorocho

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America

Lawrence J. Stern

lawrence.stern@umassmed.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America

J. Mauricio Calvo-Calle

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ABA JMCC LJS. Performed the experiments: ABA ODA JMCC. Analyzed the data: ABA ODA JMCC LJS. Wrote the paper: ABA JMCC LJS.