About the Authors

Jin Qiu

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

Pamela Smith

Current address: Department of Medical Oncology, Billings Clinic, Billings, Montana, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Hematology/Oncology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Leah Leahy

Affiliation Department of Hematology/Oncology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David A. Thorley-Lawson

david.thorley-lawson@tufts.edu

Affiliation Department 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 LL PS. Analyzed the data: JQ DATL. Wrote the paper: JQ DATL.