About the Authors

Yiwei Li

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

Dejuan Kong

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

Aamir Ahmad

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

Bin Bao

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

Fazlul H. Sarkar

fsarkar@med.wayne.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Oncology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

Author Fazlul Sarkar and co-author Aamir Ahmad are PLoS ONE Editorial Board members. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL FS. Performed the experiments: YL DK AA BB. Analyzed the data: YL DK AA BB. Wrote the paper: YL FS.