About the Authors

Chandrika J. Piyathilake

piyathic@uab.edu

Affiliation The Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Suguna Badiga

Affiliation The Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Ronald D. Alvarez

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Edward E. Partridge

Affiliation Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Gary L. Johanning

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exists.

Author Contributions

Critically revising the article: GLJ RDA EEP. Conceived and designed the experiments: CJP. Analyzed the data: CJP SB. Wrote the paper: CJP.