About the Authors

Alok De

dea@umkc.edu

Affiliation Department of OB/GYN, School of Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Archana De

Affiliation Cancer Research Unit, VA Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Chris Papasian

Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Science, School of Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Shane Hentges

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Snigdha Banerjee

Affiliations Cancer Research Unit, VA Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Inamul Haque

Affiliations Cancer Research Unit, VA Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Sushanta K. Banerjee

Affiliations Cancer Research Unit, VA Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Alok De. Performed the experiments: Alok De Archana De IH. Analyzed the data: Alok De. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Alok De SKB SB. Wrote the manuscript: Alok De CP SH SKB SB.