About the Authors
- Rounak Nande
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Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, McKown Translational Research Institute, Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
- Altomare Di Benedetto
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Contributed equally to this work with: Altomare Di Benedetto, Pierpaolo Aimola
Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, McKown Translational Research Institute, Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, Department of Basic and Applied Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
- Pierpaolo Aimola
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Contributed equally to this work with: Altomare Di Benedetto, Pierpaolo Aimola
Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, McKown Translational Research Institute, Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, Department of Basic and Applied Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
- Flavia De Carlo
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Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, McKown Translational Research Institute, Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
- Miranda Carper
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Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, McKown Translational Research Institute, Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
- Charlene D. Claudio
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Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, McKown Translational Research Institute, Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
- Jim Denvir
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Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, McKown Translational Research Institute, Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
- Jagan Valluri
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
- Gary C. Duncan
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Affiliation Martin Veterinary Clinic, Ashland, Kentucky, United States of America
- Pier Paolo Claudio
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* E-mail: claudiop@marshall.edu
Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, McKown Translational Research Institute, Edwards Comprehensive Cancer Center, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America
Competing Interests
GD is affliated to Martin Veterinary Clinic, Ashland, Kentucky, United States of America. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors have declared that no other competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PPC RN FDC PA ADB JV. Performed the experiments: CC RN JD GD MC PA FDC ADB. Analyzed the data: JD PPC RN FDC ADB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PPC. Wrote the paper: PPC RN.