About the Authors

Huilei Xu

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America, Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Yen-Sin Ang

Affiliations Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America, Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Ana Sevilla

Affiliations Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America, Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Ihor R. Lemischka

ihor.lemischka@mssm.edu (IRL); avi.maayan@mssm.edu (AM)

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America, Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Avi Ma'ayan

ihor.lemischka@mssm.edu (IRL); avi.maayan@mssm.edu (AM)

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America, Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM IRL HX YSA. Performed the experiments: HX AS YSA. Analyzed the data: AM HX YSA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM IRL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AM HX IRL.