About the Authors

Kiran Kumar Velpula

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

Venkata Ramesh Dasari

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

Andrew J. Tsung

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

Christopher S. Gondi

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

Jeffrey D. Klopfenstein

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

Sanjeeva Mohanam

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, 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 and 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: KKV VRD JSR. Performed the experiments: KKV VRD. Analyzed the data: KKV VRD AJT CSG JDK SM JSR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSR. Wrote the paper: KKV. Provided discussion and revision of critically important intellectual content: JSR.