About the Authors

Lisa A. Gurski

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America, The Center for Translational Cancer Research, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Xian Xu

Contributed equally to this work with: Xian Xu, Lyana N. Labrada

Affiliations Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America, The Center for Translational Cancer Research, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Lyana N. Labrada

Contributed equally to this work with: Xian Xu, Lyana N. Labrada

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America, The Center for Translational Cancer Research, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Ngoc T. Nguyen

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America, The Center for Translational Cancer Research, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Longxi Xiao

Affiliations Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America, The Center for Translational Cancer Research, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Kenneth L. van Golen

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America, The Center for Translational Cancer Research, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Xinqiao Jia

Affiliations Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America, The Center for Translational Cancer Research, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Mary C. Farach-Carson

farachca@rice.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LAG XX LNL NTN LX XJ KLvG MCFC. Performed the experiments: LAG XX LNL NTN LX. Analyzed the data: LAG XX LNL NTN LX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAG XX LNL NTN LX KLvG XJ MCFC. Wrote the paper: LAG XX LNL NTN LX KLvG XJ MCFC.