About the Authors

Xiaoqi Xie

Affiliations The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Eileen P. White

whiteei@umdnj.edu (EPW); mehnerja@umdnj.edu (JMM)

Affiliations The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Janice M. Mehnert

whiteei@umdnj.edu (EPW); mehnerja@umdnj.edu (JMM)

Affiliations The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XX EPW JMM. Performed the experiments: XX. Analyzed the data: XX EPW JMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EPW JMM. Wrote the paper: XX EPW JMM.