About the Authors

Peifeng Hou

Affiliations Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America, Department of Oncology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, Fujian Key Laboratory of Translational Cancer Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Ching-Ying Kuo

Affiliations Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Chun-Ting Cheng

Affiliations Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Jing-Ping Liou

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

David K. Ann

dann@coh.org (DKA); cqiang8@189.cn (QC)

Affiliations Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America

Qiang Chen

dann@coh.org (DKA); cqiang8@189.cn (QC)

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, Fujian Key Laboratory of Translational Cancer Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PH CYK CTC DKA QC. Performed the experiments: PH CYK CTC JPL. Analyzed the data: PH CYK CTC DKA QC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JPL. Wrote the paper: PH CYK CTC DKA QC.