About the Authors

Angela Pennisi

Affiliation Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Wen Ling

Affiliation Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Xin Li

Affiliation Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Sharmin Khan

Affiliation Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Yuping Wang

Affiliation Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Bart Barlogie

Affiliation Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

John D. Shaughnessy Jr

Affiliation Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Shmuel Yaccoby

yaccobyshmuel@uams.edu

Affiliation Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP XL BB JDS SY. Performed the experiments: AP WL XL SK YW BB JDS SY. Analyzed the data: AP JDS SY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB JDS. Wrote the paper: AP SY.