About the Authors
- Anamika Basu
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* E-mail: abasu@llu.edu
Affiliation Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350, United States of America
- Christina K. Cajigas-Du Ross
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Affiliation Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350, United States of America
- Leslimar Rios-Colon
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Affiliation Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350, United States of America
- Melanie Mediavilla-Varela
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Current address: Department of Immunology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida 33612, United States of America
Affiliation Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350, United States of America
- Tracy R. Daniels-Wells
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Current address: Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States of America
Affiliation Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350, United States of America
- Lai Sum Leoh
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Current address: Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States of America
Affiliation Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350, United States of America
- Heather Rojas
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350, United States of America
- Hiya Banerjee
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Affiliation Novartis Pharmaceutical Oncology, East Hanover, New Jersey 08807, United States of America
- Shannalee R. Martinez
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Affiliation Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350, United States of America
- Stephanny Acevedo-Martinez
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Current address: Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital Dr. Federico Trilla, University of Puerto Rico, Carolina, Puerto Rico 00924
Affiliation Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350, United States of America
- Carlos A. Casiano
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Affiliations Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350, United States of America
Competing Interests
One of the authors, HB, is employed by a commercial company—Novartis Pharmaceutical Oncology. Novartis provided support in the form of salary for HB, but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This commercial affiliation does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AB CAC. Performed the experiments: AB CKCD LRC MMV TRDW LSL SRM SAM. Analyzed the data: AB HR HB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAC. Wrote the paper: AB CKCD LRC CAC.