About the Authors

Simmy Thomas

Contributed equally to this work with: Simmy Thomas, Natasha Sharma

Current address: Neumedicines Inc., Pasadena, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Natasha Sharma

Contributed equally to this work with: Simmy Thomas, Natasha Sharma

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Reyna Gonzalez

Current address: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Peng-Wen Pao

Current address: St. George’s University Medical School, Grenada, West Indies

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Florence M. Hofman

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Thomas C. Chen

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Stan G. Louie

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Michael C. Pirrung

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Axel H. Schönthal

schontha@usc.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, 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: MCP AHS. Performed the experiments: ST NS RG PWP. Analyzed the data: FMH TCC SGL MCP AHS. Wrote the paper: MCP AHS.