About the Authors

Bruno C. Jham

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Tao Ma

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jiadi Hu

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Risa Chaisuparat

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Eitan R. Friedman

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Pier Paolo Pandolfi

Affiliation Cancer Genetics Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Abraham Schneider

Affiliations Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Akrit Sodhi

Affiliation Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Silvia Montaner

smontaner@umaryland.edu

Affiliations Department of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: A. Schneider A. Sodhi SM. Performed the experiments: BCJ TM JH RC ERF. Analyzed the data: BCJ TM JH RC ERF SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PPP. Wrote the paper: SM.