About the Authors

Adrienne J. Smith

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Yelena Karpova

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Ralph D'Agostino Jr

Affiliation Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Mark Willingham

Affiliations Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

George Kulik

gkulik@wfubmc.edu

Affiliations Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GK. Performed the experiments: AJS YK. Analyzed the data: AJS MW GK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RDJ. Wrote the paper: AJS GK.