About the Authors

Rajan Singh

rajansingh@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliations Internal Medicine, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nuraly K. Avliyakulov

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Melissa Braga

Affiliation Internal Medicine, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Michael J. Haykinson

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Luis Martinez

Affiliation Internal Medicine, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Vikash Singh

Affiliation Internal Medicine, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Meher Parveen

Affiliation Internal Medicine, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Gautam Chaudhuri

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Shehla Pervin

Affiliations Internal Medicine, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 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: RS GC SP. Performed the experiments: RS NKA MB MJH LM VS MP SP. Analyzed the data: RS NKA MB MJH LM VS MP GC SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NKA MJH GC. Wrote the manuscript: RS SP.