About the Authors

Muzafar A. Macha

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Ajay Matta

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Center for Research In Mass Spectrometry, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Shyam Singh Chauhan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

K. W. Michael Siu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Center for Research In Mass Spectrometry, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ranju Ralhan

rralhan@mtsinai.on.ca

Affiliations Department of Chemistry and Center for Research In Mass Spectrometry, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Alex and Simona Shnaider Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Joseph and Mildred Sonshine Family Centre for Head & Neck Diseases, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Joseph & Wolf Lebovic Health Complex, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAM AM RR. Performed the experiments: MAM AM. Analyzed the data: MAM AM RR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSC KWMS RR. Wrote the paper: MAM AM RR.