About the Authors

Dominick G. A. Burton

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Maria G. Giribaldi

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Biology Department, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, United States of America

Anisleidys Munoz

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Biology Department, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, United States of America

Katherine Halvorsen

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Asmita Patel

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Merce Jorda

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Carlos Perez-Stable

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Bruce W. Carter Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida, United States of America

Priyamvada Rai

prai@med.miami.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PR DB CP. Performed the experiments: PR DB CP MG AM AP KH. Analyzed the data: PR CP MJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJ. Wrote the paper: PR CP DB. Approved final version: DB MG AM KH AP MJ CP PR.