About the Authors

Sripathi M. Sureban

Affiliations Department of Medicine, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Randal May

Affiliations Department of Medicine, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Dongfeng Qu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Nathaniel Weygant

Affiliation Department of Medicine, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Parthasarathy Chandrakesan

Affiliation Department of Medicine, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Naushad Ali

Affiliations Department of Medicine, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Stan A. Lightfoot

Affiliations Department of Pathology, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Panayotis Pantazis

Affiliation COARE Biotechnology Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Chinthalapally V. Rao

Affiliations Department of Medicine, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Russell G. Postier

Affiliation Department of Surgery, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Courtney W. Houchen

courtney-houchen@ouhsc.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

CWH is a cofounder of COARE Biotechnology Inc., and this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies and sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMS CWH. Performed the experiments: SMS RM DQ NW PC. Analyzed the data: NA SAL PP CVR RGP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CWH. Wrote the manuscript: SMS.