About the Authors

Ma'in Y. Maitah

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Shadan Ali

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Aamir Ahmad

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Shirish Gadgeel

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Fazlul H. Sarkar

fsarkar@med.wayne.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MYM FHS. Performed the experiments: MYM. Analyzed the data: MYM FHS SA AA SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FHS. Wrote the paper: MYM FHS SA.