About the Authors

Ronald Allan M. Panganiban

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Regina M. Day

regina.day@usuhs.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

A provisional patent has been filed on this topic. The work presented in this manuscript was used in the submission of a United States patent: title “Methods of Inhibiting IGF-1R Activation or Downstream Signaling thereof to Reduce Radiation-Induced Cellular Sensecence”, authors Regina M. Day and Ronald-Allan M. Panganiban, application number 61/772,050 on 3/4/2013. The submission of this patent does not conflict with the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RAMP RMD. Performed the experiments: RAMP. Analyzed the data: RAMP RMD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAMP RMD. Wrote the manuscript: RAMP RMD.