About the Authors
- Hassan Brim
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* E-mail: hbrim@howard.edu (HB); hashktorab@howard.edu (HA)
Affiliation Department of Pathology, Medicine and Cancer Center, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States of America
- Mones S. Abu-Asab
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Affiliation Histopathology Core, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Mehdi Nouraie
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Medicine and Cancer Center, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States of America
- Jose Salazar
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Affiliation Histopathology Core, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Jim DeLeo
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Affiliation Section of Biomedical Computing, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Hadi Razjouyan
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Affiliation Drexel University College of Medicine, Monmouth Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
- Pooneh Mokarram
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Affiliation Biochemistry Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- Alejandro A. Schaffer
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Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Fakhraddin Naghibhossaini
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Affiliation Biochemistry Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- Hassan Ashktorab
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* E-mail: hbrim@howard.edu (HB); hashktorab@howard.edu (HA)
Affiliation Department of Pathology, Medicine and Cancer Center, Howard University, College of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Brim has acted as academic editor, reviewer and author of several papers submitted to PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HB HA. Performed the experiments: HB PM FN. Analyzed the data: HB HA MA JS JD HR MN AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HB HA PM FN. Wrote the paper: HB HA.