About the Authors

Takeo Shibata

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan

Mayumi Nakagawa

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Hannah N. Coleman

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Sarah M. Owens

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, United States of America

William W. Greenfield

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Toshiyuki Sasagawa

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan

Michael S. Robeson II

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

MRobeson@uams.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors would like to declare the following patents/patent applications associated with this research: M.N. is one of the inventors named in the patents and patent applications for the HPV therapeutic vaccine PepCan. Patent issued: Human Papilloma Virus Therapeutic Vaccine Nakagawa, M. and Chang, B.S. Patent No. 9,974,849 issued on 5/22/2018 Patent application: Human Papilloma Virus Therapeutic Vaccine Nakagawa, M. and Chang, B.S. International Application (PCT/US14/60198) filed on 10/11/2014. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.