About the Authors

Nina A. Filenko

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Carol Kolar

Affiliation The Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

John T. West

Affiliation The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

S. Abbie Smith

Affiliation The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Yousef I. Hassan

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Gloria E. O. Borgstahl

Affiliation The Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Janos Zempleni

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Yuri L. Lyubchenko

ylyubchenko@unmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YLL JZ GEOB JTW. Performed the experiments: NAF CK SAS YIH. Analyzed the data: NAF CK SAS YIH YLL JZ GEOB JTW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NAF CK SAS YIH YLL JZ GEOB JTW. Wrote the paper: NAF CK SAS YIH YLL JZ GEOB JTW.