About the Authors

Saroj K. Basak

Affiliation Wadsworth Stem Cell Institute, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS*), Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Mysore S. Veena

Affiliation Wadsworth Stem Cell Institute, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS*), Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Scott Oh

Affiliation Wadsworth Stem Cell Institute, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS*), Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ge Huang

Affiliation Wadsworth Stem Cell Institute, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS*), Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Eri Srivatsan

Affiliation Wadsworth Stem Cell Institute, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS*), Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Min Huang

Affiliation Wadsworth Stem Cell Institute, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS*), Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sherven Sharma

Affiliation Wadsworth Stem Cell Institute, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS*), Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Raj K. Batra

rbatra@ucla.edu

Affiliations Wadsworth Stem Cell Institute, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS*), Los Angeles, California, United States of America, The Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RKB. Performed the experiments: SKB MSV SO GH RKB. Analyzed the data: SKB MSV SO MH SS RKB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ES MH SS RKB. Wrote the paper: SKB SO RKB.