About the Authors

James W. Antoon

Contributed equally to this work with: James W. Antoon, Elizabeth C. Martin

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Elizabeth C. Martin

Contributed equally to this work with: James W. Antoon, Elizabeth C. Martin

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Rongye Lai

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Virgilo A. Salvo

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Yan Tang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Ashley M. Nitzchke

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Steven Elliott

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Seung Yoon Nam

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Xavier University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Wei Xiong

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Lyndsay V. Rhodes

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Bridgette Collins-Burow

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Odile David

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Guandi Wang

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Xavier University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Bin Shan

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care, and Environmental Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Barbara S. Beckman

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Kenneth P. Nephew

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Matthew E. Burow

mburow@tulane.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA KN MB BB GW BCB. Performed the experiments: JA RL VS YT AN EM SE SN WX LR GW BS. Analyzed the data: JA MB GW KN SN OD LR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB GW KN BB. Wrote the paper: JA EM LR MB.