About the Authors

Reza Djavadian

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Oncology (McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Ya-Fang Chiu

Affiliations Department of Oncology (McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan

Eric Johannsen

ejohannsen@medicine.wisc.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Oncology (McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research), University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RD YFC EJ. Performed the experiments: RD YFC. Analyzed the data: RD YFC EJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RD YFC EJ. Wrote the paper: RD YFC EJ.