About the Authors

Ryung S. Kim

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Alvaro Avivar-Valderas

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Yeriel Estrada

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Paloma Bragado

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Maria Soledad Sosa

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Julio A. Aguirre-Ghiso

julio.aguirre-ghiso@mssm.edu (J.A.A.-G.); jeffrey.segall@einstein.yu.edu (J.E.S.)

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Jeffrey E. Segall

julio.aguirre-ghiso@mssm.edu (J.A.A.-G.); jeffrey.segall@einstein.yu.edu (J.E.S.)

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology and the Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSK JAAG JES. Performed the experiments: AAV YE PB MSSS JES. Analyzed the data: RSK JAAG JES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RSK AAV YE PB MSS JAAG JES. Wrote the paper: RSK JAAG JES.