About the Authors

Shibo Fu

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Radiation Biology, Jilin University School of Public Health, Changchun, China

Ying Yang

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Das Tirtha

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Yun Yen

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutic Research, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America

Bing-sen Zhou

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutic Research, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America

Ming-Ming Zhou

Affiliation Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Michael Ohlmeyer

Affiliation Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Eric C. Ko

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Ross Cagan

Affiliation Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Barry S. Rosenstein

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Shu-hsia Chen

Affiliation Department of Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Johnny Kao

Johnny.kao@chsli.org

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Radiation Oncology, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SF DT Y. Yen RC JK. Performed the experiments: SF Y. Yang DT BZ JK. Analyzed the data: SF DT MO MMZ ECK BSR SHC JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SF Y. Yen MMZ MO RC BSR SHC JK. Wrote the paper: SF DT BZ ECK JK.