About the Authors

Barbara A. Foster

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Kalyan J. Gangavarapu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Grinu Mathew

Affiliation Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, IUPUI, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Gissou Azabdaftari

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Carl D. Morrison

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Austin Miller

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Wendy J. Huss

wendy.huss@roswellpark.org

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Department of Urologic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: WJH: RPCI patent holder titled “Methods for evaluating and implementing prostate disease treatments” Patent No. 8048640.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAF GM WJH. Performed the experiments: BAF KJG GM WJH. Analyzed the data: BAF KJG GA CDM AM WJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDM. Wrote the paper: BAF KJG GM WJH.