About the Authors

Yin Ye

Contributed equally to this work with: Yin Ye, De-Tao Yin, Li Chen, Quansheng Zhou

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

De-Tao Yin

Contributed equally to this work with: Yin Ye, De-Tao Yin, Li Chen, Quansheng Zhou

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of General Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

Li Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Yin Ye, De-Tao Yin, Li Chen, Quansheng Zhou

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Quansheng Zhou

Contributed equally to this work with: Yin Ye, De-Tao Yin, Li Chen, Quansheng Zhou

Affiliation Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, First Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

Rulong Shen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Gang He

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Qingtao Yan

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Zhenyu Tong

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Andrew C. Issekutz

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Charles L. Shapiro

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Sanford H. Barsky

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Haifan Lin

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Yale Stem Cell Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Jian-Jian Li

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Jian-Xin Gao

Jian-Xin.Gao@osumc.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JXG. Performed the experiments: YY DTY LC QZ RS GH QY ZT JJL JXG. Analyzed the data: YY DTY LC QZ RS GH QY ZT SHB HL JJL JXG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS GH ACI CLS SHB HL JJL. Wrote the paper: JXG. Revised the manuscript: HL.