About the Authors

Gauri A. Patwardhan

Affiliation Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Qian-Jin Zhang

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Dongmei Yin

Affiliations Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Nantong University School of Medicine, Nantong, Jiangsu, China

Vineet Gupta

Affiliation Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Jianxiong Bao

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Can E. Senkal

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Besim Ogretmen

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Myles C. Cabot

Affiliation Experimental Therapeutics, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, California, United States of America

Girish V. Shah

Affiliation Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Paul W. Sylvester

Affiliation Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

S. Michal Jazwinski

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Yong-Yu Liu

yliu@ulm.edu

Affiliation Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJ YYL. Performed the experiments: GAP QJZ DY VG JB CES BO YYL. Analyzed the data: GAP QJZ VG CES BO YYL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB MC GVS PWS. Wrote the paper: GAP MC PWS MJ YYL.