About the Authors
- Bin Bao
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Shadan Ali
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Affiliation Department of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Aamir Ahmad
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Asfar S. Azmi
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Yiwei Li
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Sanjeev Banerjee
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Dejuan Kong
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Seema Sethi
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Amro Aboukameel
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Subhash B. Padhye
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Affiliation ISTRA, Department of Chemistry, MCE Society's Abeda Inamdar Senior College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pune, India
- Fazlul H. Sarkar
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* E-mail: fsarkar@med.wayne.edu
Affiliations Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Competing Interests
Co-author Dr. 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
Analyzed the data: YL. Wrote the paper: BB FS. Contributed in animal experiment: SB. Contributed pathological expertise: SS. Evaluated immunohistochemical staining: SS. Carried out the cell culture and molecular experiment studies: BB A. Ahmad A. Azmi SA DK. Performed in vivo experiments: A. Aboukameel. Collected data: A. Aboukameel. Assisted in performing in vitro experiments: A. Ahmad. Participated in drug design: SP. Provided the research funding: BB FS.