About the Authors

Jolanta Skalska

Affiliation James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Paul S. Brookes

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Sergiy M. Nadtochiy

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Shannon P. Hilchey

Affiliation James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Craig T. Jordan

Affiliation James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Monica L. Guzman

Affiliation James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Sanjay B. Maggirwar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Margaret M. Briehl

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Steven H. Bernstein

Steven_Bernstein@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS PSB SPH CTJ MLG SM MMB SHB. Performed the experiments: JS. Analyzed the data: JS SPH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS PSB SMN SPH MLG. Wrote the paper: JS PSB SPH CTJ MLG MMB SHB.