About the Authors

Liang Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Liang Zhang, Timothy E. Peterson

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

Timothy E. Peterson

Contributed equally to this work with: Liang Zhang, Timothy E. Peterson

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

Victor M. Lu

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

Ian F. Parney

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

David J. Daniels

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

daniels.david@mayo.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America

Competing Interests

U.S. Patent 10,138,208 B2 are invented by David J. Daniels, Ian F. Parney and Timothy E. Peterson. The patent is owned by Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Furthermore, we confirm that patented materials utilized in this study are intellectual property of DJD, IFP and TEP (Pyrazole derivatives as inhibitors of STAT3, US 10,138,208 B2), and their use does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.