About the Authors

Kui-Jin Kim

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Alzbeta Godarova

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Kari Seedle

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Min-Ho Kim

Affiliation Biomedical Research Center, Ulsan University Hospital, Ulsan, Republic of Korea

Tan A. Ince

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute and Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Susanne I. Wells

Affiliation Division of Oncology, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

James J. Driscoll

Affiliations Department of Cancer Biology, Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Samuel Godar

samuel.godar@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJ AG KS JD SG. Performed the experiments: KJ AG KS SG. Analyzed the data: KJ AG KS MK TI SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJ AG KS TI SW MK SG. Wrote the paper: KJ AG KS SW JD SG.