About the Authors

Fang Liu

Affiliation Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, The Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center and the Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

A. Jesse Gore

Affiliation Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, The Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center and the Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Julie L. Wilson

Affiliation Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, The Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center and the Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Murray Korc

mkorc@iu.edu

Affiliation Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, The Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center and the Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

Murray Korc is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FL MK. Performed the experiments: FL AJG JLW. Analyzed the data: FL MK AJG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FL MK AJG. Wrote the paper: FL MK.