About the Authors

Diana Abdueva

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: abdueva@usc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Michele R. Wing

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Betty Schaub

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Timothy J. Triche

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DA TT MW. Performed the experiments: MW BS. Analyzed the data: DA. Wrote the paper: DA.