About the Authors

Shenduo Li

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Margaret Kennedy

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Sturgis Payne

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Kelly Kennedy

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Victoria L. Seewaldt

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Salvatore V. Pizzo

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Robin E. Bachelder

robin. bachelder@duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have delcared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL MK SP KK REB. Performed the experiments: SL MK SP KK. Analyzed the data: SL MK SP KK VLS SVP REB. Wrote the paper: SL KK REB.