About the Authors

Venkata Ramesh Dasari

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Kiranpreet Kaur

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Kiran Kumar Velpula

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Meena Gujrati

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Daniel Fassett

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Jeffrey D. Klopfenstein

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Dzung H. Dinh

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Jasti S. Rao

jsrao@uic.edu

Affiliations Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VRD JR. Performed the experiments: VRD KK KKV. Analyzed the data: VRD MG DF JDK DHD JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR. Wrote the paper: VRD.