About the Authors

Thomas W. Powers

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and MUSC Proteomics Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Benjamin A. Neely

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and MUSC Proteomics Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Yuan Shao

Affiliation Hollings Cancer Center Biorepository and Tissue Analysis Resource, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Huiyuan Tang

Affiliation Laboratory of Cancer Immunodiagnostics, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Dean A. Troyer

Affiliation Departments of Pathology and Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Anand S. Mehta

Affiliation Drexel University College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Drexel Institute for Biotechnology and Virology, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Brian B. Haab

Affiliation Laboratory of Cancer Immunodiagnostics, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Richard R. Drake

draker@musc.edu

Affiliations Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and MUSC Proteomics Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Hollings Cancer Center Biorepository and Tissue Analysis Resource, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors confirm that Anand S. Mehta is a current member of the Editorial Board. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TWP BAN DAT ASM BBH RRD. Performed the experiments: TWP BAN YS HYT. Analyzed the data: TWP BAN DAT ASM BBH RRD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YS ASM BAH RRD. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: TWP BAN DAT ASM BBH RRD.