About the Authors

Evelyn O. Taiwo

Current address: State University of New York—Downstate, New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jeffrey T. Yorio

Current address: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jingsheng Yan

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences (Division of Biostatistics), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Harold C. Simmons Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

David E. Gerber

david.gerber@utsouthwestern.edu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Harold C. Simmons Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ET DG. Performed the experiments: ET JTY DG. Analyzed the data: ET JY DG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JY. Wrote the paper: ET JTY JY DG.