About the Authors

Saleh M. Rachidi

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Hollings Cancer Center, South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Tingting Qin

Affiliation Division of Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Shaoli Sun

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

W. Jim Zheng

Affiliations Division of Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Computational Biology Core Facility, South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Zihai Li

zihai@musc.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Hollings Cancer Center, South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMR WJZ ZL. Performed the experiments: SMR TQ. Analyzed the data: SMR ZL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS ZL. Wrote the paper: SMR ZL.