About the Authors

Natarajan Aravindan

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Pathology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Charles R. Thomas Jr.

Affiliation Department of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Sheeja Aravindan

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Aswathi S. Mohan

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Jamunarani Veeraraghavan

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Mohan Natarajan

natarajan@uthscsa.edu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN CRT NA. Performed the experiments: MN JV SA ASM. Analyzed the data: MM JV ASM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN ASM. Wrote the paper: MN ASM JV.