About the Authors

Michael A. James

Affiliation MCW Cancer Center, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Weidong Wen

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Yian Wang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Lauren A. Byers

Affiliation The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

John V. Heymach

Affiliation The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kevin R. Coombes

Affiliation The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Luc Girard

Affiliation Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, Simmons Cancer Center, Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

John Minna

Affiliation Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, Simmons Cancer Center, Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Ming You

myou@mcw.edu

Affiliation MCW Cancer Center, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJ MY. Performed the experiments: MJ WW. Analyzed the data: MJ LB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YW JH KC LG JM. Wrote the paper: MJ.