About the Authors

Jin S. Im

jim@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Section of Transplantation Immunology, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Amanda C. Herrmann

Affiliation Section of Transplantation Immunology, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Chantale Bernatchez

Affiliation Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Cara Haymaker

Affiliation Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jeffrey J. Molldrem

Affiliation Section of Transplantation Immunology, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Waun Ki Hong

Affiliation Department of Thoracic H&N Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Roman Perez-Soler

Affiliation Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

WH is supported by the Samsung Foundation Grant (http://www.samsungfoundation.org/html/eng/). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JI ACH RP. Performed the experiments: JI ACH. Analyzed the data: JI ACH RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH CB. Wrote the paper: JI ACH CH CB JJM WH RP.