About the Authors

Erhong Meng

Affiliation University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Aparna Mitra

Affiliation University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Kaushlendra Tripathi

Affiliation University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Michael A. Finan

Affiliation University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Jennifer Scalici

Affiliation University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Steve McClellan

Affiliation University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Luciana Madeira da Silva

Affiliation University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Eddie Reed

Affiliation National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Lalita A. Shevde

Affiliation University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Komaraiah Palle

kpalle@health.southalabama.edu (KP); rocconi@health.southalabama.edu (RPR)

Affiliation University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Rodney P. Rocconi

kpalle@health.southalabama.edu (KP); rocconi@health.southalabama.edu (RPR)

Affiliation University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EM AM KP RPR. Performed the experiments: EM AM KT SM. Analyzed the data: EM AM KT MAF JS SM LM ER LAS KP RPR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAF JS SM LM ER LAS KP RPR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: EM LM KP RPR.