About the Authors

Elena Favaro

Contributed equally to this work with: Elena Favaro, Anassuya Ramachandran

Affiliations Genomics Group, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Molecular Oncology Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Anassuya Ramachandran

Contributed equally to this work with: Elena Favaro, Anassuya Ramachandran

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Robert McCormick

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Harriet Gee

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Christine Blancher

Affiliation Genomics Group, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Meredith Crosby

Affiliation Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Cecilia Devlin

Affiliation Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Christopher Blick

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Francesca Buffa

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ji-Liang Li

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Borivoj Vojnovic

Affiliation Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology & Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ricardo Pires das Neves

Affiliation Molecular Haematology Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Peter Glazer

Affiliation Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Francisco Iborra

Affiliation Molecular Haematology Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Mircea Ivan

mivan@iupui.edu (MI); aharris.lab@imm.ox.ac.uk (ALH)

Affiliation Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Jiannis Ragoussis

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Genomics Group, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Adrian L. Harris

mivan@iupui.edu (MI); aharris.lab@imm.ox.ac.uk (ALH)

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: ALH. Project Director, initial suggestion of target: ALH. Analysis of mRNA changes in hypoxia, ISCU protein changes, enzyme assays: EF AR. Analysis of ISCU RNA and protein, mitochondrial fractionation: RM. Analysis of a panel of cell lines and xenografts: HG. Analysis of the 3′ UTR: C Blancher. Analysis of clonogenic survival: MC CD. Analysis of iron metabolism: C Blick. Bioinformatics analysis of the databases: FMB. Xenograft studies: JLL. Analysis of data, discussion: BV PG. Analysis of free radicals: RPdN. Analysis of free radical production: FJI. Analysis of target, discussion of targets, cell survival assays: MI. Bioinformatics array analysis, discussion: JR.