About the Authors

Archana Thakur

thakur@karmanos.org

Affiliation Departments of Oncology and Medicine, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Lawrence G. Lum

Affiliations Departments of Oncology and Medicine, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Immunology and Microbiology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Dana Schalk

Affiliation Departments of Oncology and Medicine, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Asfar Azmi

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

Sanjeev Banerjee

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

Fazlul H. Sarkar

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

Ramzi Mohommad

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

Competing Interests

Authors would like to declare that co-author Dr. Fazlul H. Sarkar is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. 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: AT LGL RM FHS. Performed the experiments: AT DS. Analyzed the data: AT LGL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM AA SB. Wrote the paper: AT.