About the Authors

Shailendra Giri

Current address: Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Experimental Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Ajay Karakoti

Current address: Environmental and Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Mechanical Materials Aerospace Eng, Advanced Materials Processing Analysis Center, Nanoscience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Rondell P. Graham

Affiliation Anatomic/Clinical Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Jacie L. Maguire

Affiliation Department of Experimental Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Christopher M. Reilly

Affiliation Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine and Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Virginia Tech, Blacksburg Virginia, United States of America

Sudipta Seal

shridhar.vijayalakshmi@mayo.edu (VS); rrattan1@hfhs.org (RR); Sudipta.Seal@ucf.edu (SS)

Affiliation Mechanical Materials Aerospace Eng, Advanced Materials Processing Analysis Center, Nanoscience Technology Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Ramandeep Rattan

shridhar.vijayalakshmi@mayo.edu (VS); rrattan1@hfhs.org (RR); Sudipta.Seal@ucf.edu (SS)

Affiliation Women’s Health Services, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Viji Shridhar

shridhar.vijayalakshmi@mayo.edu (VS); rrattan1@hfhs.org (RR); Sudipta.Seal@ucf.edu (SS)

Affiliation Department of Experimental Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Worked on the nanoparticle development: SS AK. Provided technical assistance: JLM. Analyzed tumor tissues for nanoparticle: CMR. Analyzed tumor tissues for pathology: RG. Finalized the manuscript: SG AK SS RR VS. Conceived and designed the experiments: SG RR VS. Performed the experiments: SG RR AK JLM. Analyzed the data: SG RR GR SS VS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK SS VS. Wrote the paper: SG RR SS VS.