About the Authors
- Venkat R. Katkoori
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Chandrakumar Shanmugam
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Xu Jia
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Swaroop P. Vitta
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Meenakshi Sthanam
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Tom Callens
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Ludwine Messiaen
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Dongquan Chen
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Affiliation Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Bin Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Harvey L. Bumpers
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Temesgen Samuel
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama, United States of America
- Upender Manne
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* E-mail: manne@uab.edu
Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VRK HLB UM. Performed the experiments: VRK CS XJ SPV TS MS HLB TC UM. Analyzed the data: VRK CS XJ SPV TS DC BZ HLB LM UM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VRK CS XJ SPV MS TS DC BZ HLB TC LM UM. Wrote the paper: VRK CS HLB UM.