About the Authors

Young Kwang Chae

Affiliation Division of Cancer Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Stefan Neagu

neagustefan@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Christiana Healthcare System, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Jongoh Kim

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Athanasios Smyrlis

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mahasweta Gooptu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

William Tester

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YKC SN JK AS MG WT. Performed the experiments: YKC SN JK AS MG WT. Analyzed the data: YKC SN JK. Wrote the paper: YKC SN. Data collection: YKC SN JK AS MG WT. Coordinated the project: WT.