About the Authors

Zhaoyu Sun

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Providence Cancer Institute, Portland, OR, United States of America

Richard Nyberg

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Providence Cancer Institute, Portland, OR, United States of America

Yaping Wu

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Providence Health and Services, Portland, OR, United States of America

Brady Bernard

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Providence Cancer Institute, Portland, OR, United States of America

William L. Redmond

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

william.redmond@providence.org

Affiliation Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Providence Cancer Institute, Portland, OR, United States of America

Competing Interests

WR has received research grants from Galectin Therapeutics, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, MiNA Therapeutics, Nektar Therapeutics, Inhibrx, Veana Therapeutics, Aeglea Biotherapeutics, Shimadzu, OncoSec, and Calibr; patents and licensing fees from Galectin Therapeutics; and has served on Scientific Advisory Boards for Nektar Therapeutics and Vesselon. ZS, RN, YW, and BB have no conflicts of interest to disclose. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.