About the Authors

Arun Kumar Nalla

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology & Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Swapna Asuthkar

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology & Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Praveen Bhoopathi

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology & Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Meena Gujrati

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Dzung H. Dinh

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Jasti S. Rao

jsrao@uic.edu

Affiliations Department of Cancer Biology & Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKN JR. Performed the experiments: AKN SA PB. Analyzed the data: AKN MG DHD JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR. Wrote the paper: AKN.