About the Authors

Claudia Berrondo

Affiliation University of Rochester Department of Urology, Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jonathan Flax

Affiliation University of Rochester Department of Urology, Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, New York, United States of America

Victor Kucherov

Affiliation University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Aisha Siebert

Affiliation University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Thomas Osinski

Affiliation University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Alex Rosenberg

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, New York, United States of America

Christopher Fucile

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, New York, United States of America

Samuel Richheimer

Affiliation University of Rochester Department of Urology, Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, New York, United States of America

Carla J. Beckham

carla_beckham@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation University of Rochester Department of Urology, Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJB JDF. Performed the experiments: CB CJB JF TO VK SR. Analyzed the data: CF AR AS JF CJB CB TO SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS AR CF. Wrote the paper: CB CJB AS JF.