About the Authors

Ramarao Malla

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Sreelatha Gopinath

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Kiranmai Alapati

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Christopher S. Gondi

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Meena Gujrati

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Dzung H. Dinh

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Sanjeeva Mohanam

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Jasti S. Rao

jsrao@uic.edu

Affiliations Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RRM JR. Performed the experiments: RRM SG KA CSG. Analyzed the data: RRM CSG MG DHD JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM JR. Wrote the paper: RRM. Provided discussion and revision of critically important intellectual content: JR.