About the Authors

Walid Abushahba

Contributed equally to this work with: Walid Abushahba, Oyenike O. Olabisi

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Oyenike O. Olabisi

Contributed equally to this work with: Walid Abushahba, Oyenike O. Olabisi

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Byeong-Seon Jeong

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Rajeev K. Boregowda

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Yu Wen

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Fang Liu

Affiliation Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Susan Lehman Cullman Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

James S. Goydos

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Ahmed Lasfar

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Karine A. Cohen-Solal

cohenska@umdnj.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAC-S. Performed the experiments: WA OOO B-SJ RKB FL. Analyzed the data: B-SJ KAC-S. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YW FL JG AL. Wrote the paper: KAC-S.