About the Authors

Qinghe Chen

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Suthakar Ganapathy

Affiliation Division of Radiation Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Karan P. Singh

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Sharmila Shankar

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Rakesh K. Srivastava

rsrivastava@kumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, and Medicine, The University of Kansas Cancer Center, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KPS SS RKS. Performed the experiments: QC SG. Analyzed the data: QC KPS RKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KPS SS RKS. Wrote the paper: KPS SS RKS.