About the Authors

Julia E. Sero

Current address: Dynamical Cell Systems Team, Division of Cancer Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Vascular Biology Program, Departments of Pathology and Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Charles K. Thodeti

Current address: Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rootstown, Ohio, United States of America

Affiliation Vascular Biology Program, Departments of Pathology and Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Akiko Mammoto

Affiliation Vascular Biology Program, Departments of Pathology and Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chris Bakal

Affiliation Dynamical Cell Systems Team, Division of Cancer Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom

Sheila Thomas

Affiliation Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Donald E. Ingber

don.ingber@wyss.harvard.edu

Affiliations Vascular Biology Program, Departments of Pathology and Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JES CKT AM DEI. Performed the experiments: JES CKT AM. Analyzed the data: JES CKT AM DEI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST CB. Wrote the paper: JES CKT AM DEI.