About the Authors

Valerie F. Curtis

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Hui Wang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Pengyuan Yang

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Roger E. McLendon

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Xiaohan Li

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Qun-Yong Zhou

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Xiao-Fan Wang

xiao.fan.wang@duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VFC HW PY XL REM QYZ XFW. Performed the experiments: VFC HW PY XL. Analyzed the data: VFC HW PY XL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VFC HW PY REM XL QYZ XFW. Wrote the paper: VFC XFW.