About the Authors

Di Chen

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Sanjeev Banerjee

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Qiuzhi C. Cui

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Dejuan Kong

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Fazlul H. Sarkar

doup@karmanos.org (QPD); fsarkar@med.wayne.edu (FHS)

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Q. Ping Dou

doup@karmanos.org (QPD); fsarkar@med.wayne.edu (FHS)

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QPD FHS DC. Performed the experiments: QCC SB DK DC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DC QCC SB DK. Wrote the paper: DC.