About the Authors

Huagang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Laibin Liu

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Dong Yu

Affiliation Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ekambar R. Kandimalla

Affiliation Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hui Bin Sun

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Orthopedics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Sudhir Agrawal

Affiliation Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chandan Guha

cguhamd@pol.net

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: The authors disclose no conflicts except for Dong Yu, Ekambar R. Kandimalla, and Sudhir Agrawal who are employees of Idera Pharmaceuticals and have stock options. 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: HZ CG. Performed the experiments: HZ LL. Analyzed the data: HZ DY EK HS SA CG. Wrote the paper: HZ EK HS SA CG.