About the Authors

Bria M. Coates

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

David P. Sullivan

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ming Y. Makanji

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Nga Y. Du

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Cheryl L. Olson

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

William A. Muller

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

David M. Engman

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Conrad L. Epting

c-epting@northwestern.edu

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BMC DPS CLE. Performed the experiments: BMC DPS MYM NYD CLE. Analyzed the data: BMC DPS MYM CLE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DPS WAM CLO DME CLE. Wrote the paper: BMC DPS DME CLE.