About the Authors

Kourtney P. Nickerson

Affiliations Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Craig R. Homer

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Sean P. Kessler

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Laura J. Dixon

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Amrita Kabi

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Ilyssa O. Gordon

Affiliation Department of Anatomic Pathology, Robert J. Tomsich Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Erin E. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Biology, John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio, United States of America

Carol A. de la Motte

Affiliations Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Christine McDonald

mcdonac2@ccf.org

Affiliations Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KPN CM. Performed the experiments: KPN CRH SPK LJD AK EEJ CM. Analyzed the data: KPN IOG EEJ CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KPN AK IOG CdelaM CM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KPN SPK EEJ CM.