About the Authors

Sazzad Hassan

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Yelena Karpova

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Anabel Flores

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Ralph D’Agostino Jr

Affiliation Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

George Kulik

gkulik@wakehealth.edu

Affiliations Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, College of Science, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH GK. Performed the experiments: SH AF YK. Analyzed the data: SH GK RD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH. Wrote the paper: SH GK.