About the Authors

Jonathan T. Sims

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Sourik S. Ganguly

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Holly Bennett

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

J. Woodrow Friend

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Jessica Tepe

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Rina Plattner

rplat2@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Plattner's research is funded by NIH/NCI. The authors declare that no other competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RP JTS. Performed the experiments: RP JTS SSG JWF HB JT. Analyzed the data: RP JTS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RP. Wrote the paper: RP JTS.