About the Authors

Said Rahim

Affiliation Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Elspeth M. Beauchamp

Affiliation Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Yali Kong

Affiliation Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Milton L. Brown

Affiliation Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Jeffrey A. Toretsky

Affiliation Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Aykut Üren

au26@georgetown.edu

Affiliation Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: A patent application has been filed by the authors for compound YK-4-279. 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: SR EMB AU. Performed the experiments: SR EMB. Analyzed the data: AU SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR AU EMB YK MLB JAT. Wrote the paper: SR AU.