About the Authors

Tiernan J. Mulrooney

Affiliation Tumor Biology Program, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Jeremy Marsh

Affiliation Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Ivan Urits

Affiliation Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Thomas N. Seyfried

Affiliation Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Purna Mukherjee

mukherjp@bc.edu

Affiliation Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM. Performed the experiments: TM PM IU. Analyzed the data: PM TM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM TNS. Wrote the paper: TM JM PM.