About the Authors

Sanggu Kim

Affiliation Biomedical Engineering Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Alice Rusmevichientong

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Molecular Biology Institute, and University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Beihua Dong

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Roland Remenyi

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Molecular Biology Institute, and University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Robert H. Silverman

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Samson A. Chow

schow@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliations Biomedical Engineering Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Molecular Biology Institute, and University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RHS SAC. Performed the experiments: SK AR BD RR. Analyzed the data: SK AR SAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BD RHS. Wrote the paper: SK RHS SAC.