About the Authors

Lisa A. Ridnour

ridnourl@mail.nih.gov (LAR); wink@mail.nih.gov (DAW)

Affiliation Radiation Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kimberly M. Barasch

Affiliation Radiation Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Alisha N. Windhausen

Affiliation Radiation Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Tiffany H. Dorsey

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Michael M. Lizardo

Affiliation Tumor and Metastasis Biology Section, Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Harris G. Yfantis

Affiliation Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Dong H. Lee

Affiliation Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Christopher H. Switzer

Affiliation Radiation Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert Y. S. Cheng

Affiliation Radiation Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Julie L. Heinecke

Affiliation Radiation Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ernst Brueggemann

Affiliation USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Harry B. Hines

Affiliation USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America

Chand Khanna

Affiliation Tumor and Metastasis Biology Section, Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sharon A. Glynn

Affiliations Radiation Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Stefan Ambs

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

David A. Wink

ridnourl@mail.nih.gov (LAR); wink@mail.nih.gov (DAW)

Affiliation Radiation Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LR DW SA. Performed the experiments: KB AW TD ML CS RC EB LR JH. Analyzed the data: LR ML HY HH SG SA DW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DL CK. Wrote the paper: LR SA.