About the Authors

Fatih M. Uckun

fmuckun@chla.usc.edu

Affiliations Systems Immunobiology Laboratory and Developmental Therapeutics Program, Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Developmental Therapeutics Program, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Hong Ma

Affiliation Systems Immunobiology Laboratory and Developmental Therapeutics Program, Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Rita Ishkhanian

Affiliation Systems Immunobiology Laboratory and Developmental Therapeutics Program, Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Martha Arellano

Affiliation Systems Immunobiology Laboratory and Developmental Therapeutics Program, Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Anoush Shahidzadeh

Affiliation Systems Immunobiology Laboratory and Developmental Therapeutics Program, Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Amanda Termuhlen

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonathan Jaques Cancer Center, Miller Children’s Hospital, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Paul S. Gaynon

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sanjive Qazi

Affiliation Systems Immunobiology Laboratory and Developmental Therapeutics Program, Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, 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: FMU HM AT PG SQ RI MA AS. Performed the experiments: FMU HM SQ RI MA. Analyzed the data: FMU HM AT PG SQ RI MA AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FMU AT PG. Wrote the manuscript: FMU SQ. Read, Reviewed, and Revised the Manuscript: FMU HM AT PG SQ RI MA AS.