About the Authors
- Minu K. Srivastava
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, UCLA Lung Cancer Research Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Gene Medicine Laboratory, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Li Zhu
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, UCLA Lung Cancer Research Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Gene Medicine Laboratory, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Marni Harris-White
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Affiliation Molecular Gene Medicine Laboratory, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Upendra Kar
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Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Min Huang
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Affiliation Molecular Gene Medicine Laboratory, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Ming F. Johnson
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Affiliation Molecular Gene Medicine Laboratory, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Jay M. Lee
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, UCLA Lung Cancer Research Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- David Elashoff
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, UCLA Lung Cancer Research Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Robert Strieter
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
- Steven Dubinett
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, UCLA Lung Cancer Research Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Gene Medicine Laboratory, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Sherven Sharma
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* E-mail: ssharma@mednet.ucla.edu
Affiliations Department of Medicine, UCLA Lung Cancer Research Program, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Gene Medicine Laboratory, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
When this study was performed RS was an employee of University of Virginia, Charlottesville. RS is now employed at Norvartis Institutes of Biomedical Research. 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: SS MKS SD. Performed the experiments: MKS LZ SS MH UK MFJ. Analyzed the data: SS MKS SD MHW JML DE RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS SD MHW. Wrote the paper: SS MKS SD.