About the Authors

John O. Marentette

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Paul J. Hauser

Affiliation Department of Urology, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Robert E. Hurst

Affiliation Department of Urology, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

David J. Klumpp

Affiliation Department of Urology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Alice Rickard

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Jane McHowat

mchowaj@slu.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J. McHowat. Performed the experiments: J. Marentette AR PH. Analyzed the data: J. McHowat J. Marentette. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DK RH. Wrote the paper: J. McHowat J. Marentette.