Contributors
Lei L. Chen:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0124-757X
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SoftwareRole:
SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original draftRole:
Writing – review & editing
Jing Zhu: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Methodology
Jonathan Schumacher: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Validation
Chongjuan Wei: Role: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: Validation
Latha Ramdas: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Validation
Victor G. Prieto: Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: Visualization
Arnie Jimenez: Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Marco A. Velasco: Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Sheryl R. Tripp: Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Robert H. I. Andtbacka: Role: Data curationRole: Resources
Launce Gouw: Role: Data curationRole: Writing – review & editing
George M. Rodgers: Role: Data curationRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – review & editing
Liansheng Zhang: Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Benjamin K. Chan: Role: MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: Visualization
Pamela B. Cassidy: Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – review & editing
Robert S. Benjamin: Role: Funding acquisitionRole: Project administration
Sancy A. Leachman: Role: Formal analysisRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – review & editing
Marsha L. Frazier: Role: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review
& editing
Michael Bader: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
7
September
2017
Publication date Collection: 2017
Volume: 12
Issue: 9
Electronic Location Identifier: e0184154
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Sarcoma, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas,
United States of America
[2
]
Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston,
Texas, United States of America
[3
]
ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
[4
]
Research Information Services & Technology, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
[5
]
Pathology, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United
States of America
[6
]
Vel-Lab Research, Missouri City, Texas, United States of America
[7
]
Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of
America
[8
]
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United
States of America
[9
]
Department of Hematology & Oncology, The Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou,
Gansu, P. R. China
[10
]
Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of
America
[11
]
Department of Dermatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
of America
[12
]
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center,
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Max Delbruck Centrum fur Molekulare Medizin Berlin Buch, GERMANY
Author notes
Competing Interests: The commercial affiliations (i.e. ARUP Laboratories and Vel-Lab Research) does not
alter our adherence to PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
[¤]
Current address: Department of Dermatology, Oregon Health & Science, University (OHSU),
Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-17-15822
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184154
PMC ID: 5589172
PubMed ID: 28880927
SO-VID: b71bfa08-8749-4550-b5c7-999cd0e1e0a2
Copyright © © 2017 Chen et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
History
Date
received
: 24
April
2017
Date
accepted
: 19
August
2017
Page count
Figures: 4,
Tables: 1,
Pages: 30
Funding
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to
publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The commercial affiliations provided support
in the form of salaries for authors [JS, SRT, AJ, MAV], but did not have any additional
role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation
of the manuscript.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Anatomy
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Cardiovascular Anatomy
Subject:
Endothelium
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Anatomy
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Cardiovascular Anatomy
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Endothelium
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
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Neurochemistry
Subject:
Neurochemicals
Subject:
Nitric Oxide
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Neuroscience
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Neurochemistry
Subject:
Neurochemicals
Subject:
Nitric Oxide
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Histochemistry and Cytochemistry Techniques
Subject:
Immunohistochemistry Techniques
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Research and Analysis Methods
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Immunologic Techniques
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Immunohistochemistry Techniques
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Vascular Medicine
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Atherosclerosis
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Physiology
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Physiological Processes
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Homeostasis
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Physiology
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Physiological Processes
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Homeostasis
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Cell Biology
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Cellular Types
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Animal Cells
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Epithelial Cells
Subject:
Chromatophores
Subject:
Melanocytes
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Anatomy
Subject:
Biological Tissue
Subject:
Epithelium
Subject:
Epithelial Cells
Subject:
Chromatophores
Subject:
Melanocytes
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Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Biological Tissue
Subject:
Epithelium
Subject:
Epithelial Cells
Subject:
Chromatophores
Subject:
Melanocytes
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Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Immunologic Techniques
Subject:
Immunoassays
Subject:
Enzyme-Linked Immunoassays
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Physiology
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Physiological Processes
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Secretion
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Physiology
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Physiological Processes
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Secretion
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