About the Authors

Bipulendu Jena

Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sourindra Maiti

Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Helen Huls

Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Harjeet Singh

Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Dean A. Lee

Affiliations Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Richard E. Champlin

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Laurence J. N. Cooper

ljncooper@mdanderson.org

Affiliations Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Laurence J.N. Cooper is the founder of InCellerate, Inc. However, this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Correlative studies: HH. Conceived and designed the experiments: LC BJ. Performed the experiments: BJ SM HS. Analyzed the data: RC DL LC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HH. Wrote the paper: BJ LC.