About the Authors

Sang Y. Lee

SYL3@psu.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Penn State M.S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Becky Slagle-Webb

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Penn State M.S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Elias Rizk

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Penn State M.S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Akshal Patel

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Penn State M.S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Patti A. Miller

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Penn State M.S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Shen-Shu Sung

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Penn State M.S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

James R. Connor

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Penn State M.S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

Connor is partial owner of NuHope LLC which has a financial interest in development of compounds for treating brain tumors that were initially screened using cell lines chosen for HFE genotype. Lee has a royalty agreement with NuHope LLC. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SYL. Performed the experiments: SYL BS ER AP PAM SS. Analyzed the data: SYL JRC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SYL BS PAM SS JRC.