About the Authors

Shaiju K. Vareed

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaiju K. Vareed, Vadiraja B. Bhat

Current address: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Cancer Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Vadiraja B. Bhat

Contributed equally to this work with: Shaiju K. Vareed, Vadiraja B. Bhat

Current address: Agilent Technologies, Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas, United States of America

Christopher Thompson

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas, United States of America

Vihas T. Vasu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Cancer Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Damian Fermin

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Hyungwon Choi

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas, United States of America

Chad J. Creighton

Affiliation Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sitaram Gayatri

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Cancer Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ling Lan

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Nagireddy Putluri

Current address: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Cancer Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Gagan Singh Thangjam

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Cancer Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Punit Kaur

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas, United States of America

Mohsen Shabahang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas, United States of America

Judith G. Giri

Affiliation Tumor Bank Department of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Alexey I. Nesvizhskii

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Alexander A. A. Asea

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas, United States of America

Anil G. Cashikar

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Cancer Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Molecular Chaperones & Radiobiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Arundhati Rao

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, Texas, United States of America

James McLoughlin

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Arun Sreekumar

sreekuma@bcm.edu

Current address: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Cancer Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Surgical Oncology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASK AGC JM AR. Performed the experiments: SKV VBB VTV SG GST NP PK. Analyzed the data: DF HC CJC LL AIN. Wrote the paper: ASK SKV JM AR VB. Contributed reagents/materials/clinical specimens: CT MS JGG AAAA.