About the Authors

Shareen Iqbal

Affiliation Department of Urology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Shumin Zhang

Affiliation Department of Urology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Adel Driss

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Zhi-Ren Liu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Hyeong-Reh Choi Kim

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Yanru Wang

Affiliation Department of Urology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Chad Ritenour

Affiliation Department of Urology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Haiyen E. Zhau

Affiliation Uro-Oncology Research Program, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Omer Kucuk

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Leland W. K. Chung

dwu2@emory.edu (DW); Leland.Chung@cshs.org (LWKC)

Affiliation Uro-Oncology Research Program, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Daqing Wu

dwu2@emory.edu (DW); Leland.Chung@cshs.org (LWKC)

Affiliation Department of Urology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SI ZL HZ OK LC DW HRCK. Performed the experiments: SI SZ AD YW. Analyzed the data: SI SZ AD OK LC DW HRCK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AD ZL HRCK. Wrote the paper: SI LC DW. Grant support: CR.