About the Authors

Lijian Shao

Affiliation Division of Radiation Health, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Wei Feng

Affiliation Division of Radiation Health, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Kyung-Jong Lee

Affiliation Division of Molecular Radiation Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Benjamin P. C. Chen

Affiliation Division of Molecular Radiation Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Daohong Zhou

dzhou@uams.edu

Affiliation Division of Radiation Health, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS DZ. Performed the experiments: LS WF. Analyzed the data: LS DZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: K-JL BPCC. Wrote the paper: LS DZ.