About the Authors

Brent W. Ferguson

Affiliation Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas, United States of America

Xinsheng Gao

Affiliation Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas, United States of America

Hyunsuk Kil

Affiliation Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas, United States of America

Jaeho Lee

Affiliation Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas, United States of America

Fernando Benavides

Affiliation Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas, United States of America

Martin C. Abba

Affiliation CINIBA, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

C. Marcelo Aldaz

maaldaz@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BWF CMA. Performed the experiments: BWF XG HK JL. Analyzed the data: BWF CMA MCA FB. Wrote the paper: BWF MCA CMA.