About the Authors

Jaime R. Merchan

jmerchan2@med.miami.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Krisztina Kovács

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Jaclyn W. Railsback

Current address: Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Metin Kurtoglu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Yuqi Jing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Yolanda Piña

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute/University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Ningguo Gao

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Timothy G. Murray

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute/University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Mark A. Lehrman

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Theodore J. Lampidis

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRM TJL. Performed the experiments: KK JWR MK YJ YP NG. Analyzed the data: JRM MAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TGM MAL. Wrote the paper: JRM KK MAL TJL.