About the Authors

Chongjuan Wei

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Varun Kumar Bhattaram

Affiliation Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

John C. Igwe

Affiliation Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Elizabeth Fleming

Affiliation Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Jennifer S. Tirnauer

tirnauer@uchc.edu

Affiliations Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JST. Performed the experiments: CW VKB JCI EF. Analyzed the data: JST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CW. Wrote the paper: JST.