About the Authors

Lei Wang

Affiliation Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States of America

Marina Kofler

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80–82, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Gerald Brosch

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biology, Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine, Innsbruck Medical University Innrain 80–82, A-6020 Innsbruck Austria

Jelena Melesina

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle/Saale, Germany

Wolfgang Sippl

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099 Halle/Saale, Germany

Elisabeth D. Martinez

johnny.easmon@uibk.ac.at (JE); elisabeth.martinez@utsouthwestern.edu (EM)

Affiliations Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern Medical center, Dallas, TX, United States of America

Johnny Easmon

johnny.easmon@uibk.ac.at (JE); elisabeth.martinez@utsouthwestern.edu (EM)

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80–82, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JE GB WS EDM. Performed the experiments: LW MK GB JM. Analyzed the data: JE WS EDM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JE GB WS EDM. Wrote the paper: JE GB WS EDM.