About the Authors

Grace Ramena

Affiliation Dept of Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, 62794, United States of America

Yufang Yin

Affiliation Dept of Pharmacology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, 62794, United States of America

Yang Yu

Affiliation Dept of Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell Biology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, 62794, United States of America

Vijay Walia

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, 21702, United States of America

Randolph C. Elble

relble2@siumed.edu

Affiliations Dept of Pharmacology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, 62794, United States of America, Simmons Cancer Institute, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, 62794, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GR RCE. Performed the experiments: GR Y. Yin Y. Yu VW. Analyzed the data: GR Y. Yin Y. Yu VW RCE. Wrote the paper: GR RCE.