About the Authors

Diana V. Pastrana

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Daniel C. Brennan

Affiliation Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Nicolas Çuburu

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Gregory A. Storch

Affiliation Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Raphael P. Viscidi

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Parmjeet S. Randhawa

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Christopher B. Buck

BuckC@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflict: Dr. Christopher B. Buck and Dr. Diana V. Pastrana submitted a provisional patent application entitled “Methods and Compositions for Inhibiting Polyomavirus-Associated Pathology” (Application No. 61/508,897) filed on July 18, 2011.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DVP NÇ PSR CBB. Performed the experiments: DVP NÇ CBB. Analyzed the data: DVP PSR CBB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DCB GAS RPV. Wrote the paper: DVP DCB NÇ PSR CBB.