About the Authors

Lulu Farhana

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Wayne Sate University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Marcia I. Dawson

Affiliation Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Farhan Murshed

Affiliation John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Jayanta K. Das

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Wayne Sate University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Arun K. Rishi

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Wayne Sate University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Joseph A. Fontana

Joseph.Fontana@va.gov

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Wayne Sate University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LF JAF. Performed the experiments: LF FM JKD. Analyzed the data: LF FM JAF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AKR MID. Wrote the paper: JAF LF.