About the Authors

Sanjeev Shukla

Affiliation Department of Urology, Case Western Reserve University & University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Haripaul Sharma

Affiliation Department of Urology, Case Western Reserve University & University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Ata Abbas

Current address: Bryd Biotechnology Science Center, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Urology, Case Western Reserve University & University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Gregory T. MacLennan

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, & University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Pingfu Fu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Division of General Medical Sciences, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

David Danielpour

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Division of General Medical Sciences, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Sanjay Gupta

sanjay.gupta@case.edu

Affiliations Department of Urology, Case Western Reserve University & University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Division of General Medical Sciences, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS AA SG. Performed the experiments: SS HS. Analyzed the data: GTM PF DD SG. Wrote the paper: SG.