About the Authors

David G. Menter

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Victoria P. Ramsauer

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Sam Harirforoosh

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Kanishka Chakraborty

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Peiying Yang

Affiliation Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Linda Hsi

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Clinical Cancer Prevention. The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Robert A. Newman

Affiliation Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Koyamangalath Krishnan

krishnak@etsu.edu

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM LH RN KK. Performed the experiments: DM PY LH. Analyzed the data: DM VR PY KK SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: N/A. Wrote the paper: DM VR KC KK. Reviewed and edited the manuscript: SH.