About the Authors

Scott J. Goldman

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Elizabeth Chen

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Robert Taylor

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Sheng Zhang

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha,China

Whitney Petrosky

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Michael Reiss

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Shengkan Jin

jinsh@umdnj.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJ. Performed the experiments: SJG EC RT. Analyzed the data: SJG EC RT SJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WP MR SJ. Wrote the manuscript: SJG RT SJ.