About the Authors

Hassan Ashktorab

hashktorab@howard.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Cancer Center, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States of America

Alejandro A. Schäffer

Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mohammad Daremipouran

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States of America

Duane T. Smoot

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States of America

Edward Lee

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States of America

Hassan Brim

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: MD HB. Analyzed the data: AAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DTS ELL. Wrote the paper: HA.