About the Authors

Shicheng Yang

Affiliation Surgery Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Fang Liu

Affiliation Surgery Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Qiong J. Wang

Affiliation Surgery Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Steven A. Rosenberg

Affiliation Surgery Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Richard A. Morgan

rmorgan@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Surgery Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SY RAM. Performed the experiments: SY FL QJW. Analyzed the data: SY RAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SY FL QJW. Wrote the paper: SY SAR RAM.