About the Authors

Thuc T. Le

thuc.le@dri.edu (TTL); giuseppe.pizzorno@dri.edu (GP)

Affiliations Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America, Nevada Cancer Institute, One Breakthrough Way, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Amy Ziemba

Affiliation Nevada Cancer Institute, One Breakthrough Way, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Yasuyo Urasaki

Affiliations Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America, Nevada Cancer Institute, One Breakthrough Way, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Steven Brotman

Affiliation Nevada Cancer Institute, One Breakthrough Way, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Giuseppe Pizzorno

thuc.le@dri.edu (TTL); giuseppe.pizzorno@dri.edu (GP)

Affiliations Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America, Nevada Cancer Institute, One Breakthrough Way, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TTL GP. Performed the experiments: TTL AZ YU SB. Analyzed the data: TTL AZ YU SB GP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TTL GP. Wrote the paper: TTL GP.