About the Authors

Bin Wang

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of South Alabama College of Arts and Sciences, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Paul Howel

Affiliation Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Skjalg Bruheim

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Jingfang Ju

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Laurie B. Owen

Affiliation Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Oystein Fodstad

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Yaguang Xi

xi@usouthal.edu

Affiliation Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YX JJ OF LBO. Performed the experiments: YX PH SB. Analyzed the data: BW YX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YX BW. Wrote the paper: YX BW PH.