About the Authors

Dario Garcia-Carracedo

Affiliations The Department of Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Chih-Chieh Yu

Affiliations The Department of Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Nathan Akhavan

Affiliation Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Stuart A. Fine

Affiliation Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Frank Schönleben

Affiliation The Department of Vascular Surgery in the Hospital of the University of Munich, Grosshadern, Germany

Naoki Maehara

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and Regulation of Organ Function, Miyazaki University School of Medicine, Miyazaki, Japan

Dillon C. Karg

Affiliation Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Chuangao Xie

Affiliations The Department of Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Wanglong Qiu

Affiliations The Department of Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Robert L. Fine

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Pancreas Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Helen E. Remotti

Affiliations The Department of Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Surgical Oncology and Regulation of Organ Function, Miyazaki University School of Medicine, Miyazaki, Japan

Gloria H. Su

gs2157@columbia.edu

Affiliations The Department of Pathology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Pancreas Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DGC FS NM WQ HER GHS. Performed the experiments: DGC CCY NA SAF DCK FS NM WQ HER CX. Analyzed the data: DGC CCY NA SAF DCK FS NM WQ HER GHS CX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FS NM WQ RLF HER GHS. Wrote the paper: DGC CCY FS GHS.