About the Authors

Tariq Bashir

Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Cheri Cloninger

Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nicholas Artinian

Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Lauren Anderson

Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Andrew Bernath

Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Brent Holmes

Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Angelica Benavides-Serrato

Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nesrin Sabha

Affiliation Labatt Brain Tumor Research Centre, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Robert N. Nishimura

Affiliations Department of Research and Development, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Abhijit Guha

Affiliation Labatt Brain Tumor Research Centre, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Joseph Gera

jgera@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliations Department of Research and Development, Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TB AG JG. Performed the experiments: TB CC NA LA AB BH ABS. Analyzed the data: TB RNN JG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NS AG. Wrote the paper: TB RNN JG.