About the Authors

Aamir Ahmad

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Shadan Ali

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Alia Ahmed

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Azfur S. Ali

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Avraham Raz

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Wael A. Sakr

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

KM Wahidur Rahman

kmrahman@med.wayne.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: A. Ahmad KMWR. Performed the experiments: A. Ahmad SA A. Ahmed A. Ali KMWR. Analyzed the data: A. Ahmad SA A. Ahmed A. Ali KMWR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: A. Ahmad SA A. Ahmed A. Ali KMWR. Wrote the paper: A. Ahmad AR WAS KMWR.