About the Authors

Mengling Liu

Affiliations Department of Medicine and The Stony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Jolanta Idkowiak-Baldys

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Patrick L. Roddy

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Aleksander Baldys

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Medical and Research Services, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

John Raymond

Affiliation Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Christopher J. Clarke

Affiliations Department of Medicine and The Stony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Yusuf A. Hannun

yusuf.hannun@sbumed.org

Affiliations Department of Medicine and The Stony Brook Cancer Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ML JI-B AB JR YAH. Performed the experiments: ML JI-B AB. Analyzed the data: ML JI-B AB JR CJC YAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PLR. Wrote the manuscript: ML CC YAH.