About the Authors

Marina Cardó-Vila

Affiliation The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Amado J. Zurita

Affiliation The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ricardo J. Giordano

Affiliation The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jessica Sun

Affiliation The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Roberto Rangel

Affiliation The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Liliana Guzman-Rojas

Affiliation The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Cristiane D. Anobom

Affiliation National NMR Center, Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ana P. Valente

Affiliation National NMR Center, Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fábio C. L. Almeida

Affiliation National NMR Center, Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Johanna Lahdenranta

Affiliation The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mikhail G. Kolonin

Affiliation The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Wadih Arap

warap@mdanderson.org (WA); rpasqual@mdanderson.org (RP)

Affiliation The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Renata Pasqualini

warap@mdanderson.org (WA); rpasqual@mdanderson.org (RP)

Affiliation The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCV AJZ RJG FCLA JL WA RP. Performed the experiments: MCV AJZ RJG RR LGR CDA JL. Analyzed the data: MCV AJZ RJG JS RR LGR CDA APV FCLA MGK WA RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS FCLA. Wrote the paper: MCV AJZ RJG FCLA WA RP.