About the Authors

Xiaolan Fang

Affiliations Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Cancer Biology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Sivanandane Sittadjody

Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Kenneth Gyabaah

Affiliations Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Cancer Biology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Emmanuel C. Opara

Affiliation Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Kethandapatti C. Balaji

kbalaji@wakehealth.edu

Affiliations Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Cancer Biology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Urology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XF SS. Performed the experiments: XF SS KG. Analyzed the data: XF KCB SS ECO KG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XF KCB SS ECO KG. Wrote the manuscript: XF KCB SS ECO KG.