About the Authors

Qingding Wang

Affiliations Department of Surgery, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Markey Cancer Center, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Yuning Zhou

Affiliation Markey Cancer Center, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Heidi L. Weiss

Affiliation Markey Cancer Center, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Chi-Wing Chow

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

B. Mark Evers

mark.evers@uky.edu

Affiliations Department of Surgery, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Markey Cancer Center, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QW YZ C-WC BME. Performed the experiments: QW YZ C-WC. Analyzed the data: QW YZ HLW C-WC BME. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QW YZ C-WC BME. Wrote the paper: QW YZ C-WC.