About the Authors

Sharon J. Sequeira

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health and Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, New York, United States of America

Aparna C. Ranganathan

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health and Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, New York, United States of America

Alejandro P. Adam

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health and Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, New York, United States of America

Bibiana V. Iglesias

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health and Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, New York, United States of America

Eduardo F. Farias

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Julio A. Aguirre-Ghiso

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jaguirre-ghiso@albany.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health and Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS JA AR AA EF. Performed the experiments: SS AR AA BI EF. Analyzed the data: SS JA AR AA BI EF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA EF. Wrote the paper: SS JA.