About the Authors

Pedro L. Vera

pvera@health.usf.edu

Affiliations Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Research & Development (151), Bay Pines, Florida, United States of America, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Kenneth A. Iczkowski

Affiliation Prostate Cancer Research Laboratories, University of Colorado-Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Xihai Wang

Affiliations Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Research & Development (151), Bay Pines, Florida, United States of America, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Katherine L. Meyer-Siegler

Affiliations Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Research & Development (151), Bay Pines, Florida, United States of America, Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PLV KLMS. Performed the experiments: PLV XW KLMS. Analyzed the data: PLV KAI XW KLMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PLV KLMS. Wrote the paper: PLV KAI XW KLMS.