About the Authors

W. Conan Mustain

Affiliations Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Marlene E. Starr

Affiliations Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Joseph D. Valentino

Affiliations Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Donald A. Cohen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Daiki Okamura

Affiliations Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Chi Wang

Affiliations Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

B. Mark Evers

Affiliations Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Hiroshi Saito

hiroshi.saito@uky.edu

Affiliations Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS WCM BME. Performed the experiments: WCM MES JDV DO. Analyzed the data: HS WCM MES DAC CW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS DAC BME. Wrote the paper: HS WCM MES BME.