About the Authors

Andrew S. Gilder

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla CA, United States of America

Lei Wang

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla CA, United States of America, Department of Histology and Embryology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

Letizia Natali

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla CA, United States of America, Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Nicki Karimi-Mostowfi

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla CA, United States of America

Coralie Brifault

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla CA, United States of America

Steven L. Gonias

sgonias@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ASG LW LN SLG. Formal analysis: ASG LW LN NKM CB SLG. Funding acquisition: SLG. Investigation: ASG LW LN NKM CB. Methodology: ASG LN SLG. Project administration: ASG SLG. Supervision: SLG. Visualization: ASG LW LN NKM SLG. Writing – original draft: ASG SLG. Writing – review & editing: ASG LW LN NKM CB SLG.