About the Authors

Hari Raghu

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

Sajani S. Lakka

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

Christopher S. Gondi

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

Sanjeeva Mohanam

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, 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

Meena Gujrati

Affiliation Department of Pathology, 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: HR JR. Performed the experiments: HR SL CSG. Analyzed the data: HR SL CSG JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM DHD MG JR. Wrote the paper: HR JR.