About the Authors

W. Shannon Orr

Affiliations University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Surgery, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department of Surgery, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Jason W. Denbo

Affiliations University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Surgery, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department of Surgery, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Karim R. Saab

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department of Surgery, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Catherine Y. Ng

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department of Surgery, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Jianrong Wu

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department of Biostatistics, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Kui Li

Affiliation University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Jo Meagan Garner

Affiliation University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Pathology and the Center for Cancer Research, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Christopher L. Morton

Affiliation St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department of Surgery, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Ziyun Du

Affiliation University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Pathology and the Center for Cancer Research, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Lawrence M. Pfeffer

Affiliation University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Pathology and the Center for Cancer Research, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Andrew M. Davidoff

Andrew.davidoff@stjude.org

Affiliations University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Surgery, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department of Surgery, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Pathology and the Center for Cancer Research, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WSO JWD KRS CYN JMG CLM ZD LMP AMD. Performed the experiments: WSO JWD KS CYN JMG. Analyzed the data: WSO CYN JW CLM LMP AMD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WSO JW KL JMG CLM. Wrote the paper: WSO LMP AMD.