About the Authors

Mourad W. Ali

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Ercan Cacan

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Yuying Liu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Jennifer Young Pierce

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

William T. Creasman

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Mandi M. Murph

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Rajgopal Govindarajan

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Scott T. Eblen

Affiliations Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Susanna F. Greer

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Shelley B. Hooks

shooks@rx.uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MWA MMM RG STE SFG SBH. Performed the experiments: MWA EC YL JYP WTC. Analyzed the data: MWA EC YL STE SFG SBH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMM RG STE SFG SBH. Wrote the paper: MWA SFG SBH.