About the Authors

Jin Qiu

Affiliation Dept of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Katherine Cosmopoulos

Affiliation Dept of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Michiel Pegtel

Affiliation Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Erik Hopmans

Affiliation Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Paul Murray

Affiliation Cancer Research UK Institute for Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Jaap Middeldorp

Affiliation Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Michael Shapiro

Affiliation Dept of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David A. Thorley-Lawson

david.thorley-lawson@tufts.edu

Affiliation Dept of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DATL. Performed the experiments: JQ KC. Analyzed the data: MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP EH JM PM. Wrote the paper: DATL.