About the Authors

Cheng-Xiong Xu

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Yikun Li

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ping Yue

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Taofeek K. Owonikoko

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Suresh S. Ramalingam

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Fadlo R. Khuri

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Shi-Yong Sun

ssun@emory.edu

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: C-XX S-YS. Performed the experiments: C-XX YL PY. Analyzed the data: C-XX S-YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TKO SSR FRK. Wrote the paper: TKO SSR FRK S-YS.