About the Authors
- Youssef Errami
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Affiliation The Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Hassan Brim
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Cancer Center, Howard University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Karine Oumouna-Benachour
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Current address: Biotechnology Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences, Blida University, Blida, Algeria
Affiliation The Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Mustapha Oumouna
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Current address: Biotechnology Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences, Blida University, Blida, Algeria
Affiliation The Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Amarjit S. Naura
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Affiliation The Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Hogyoung Kim
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Affiliation The Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Jihang Ju
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Affiliation The Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Christian J. Davis
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Affiliation The Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Jong G. Kim
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Current address: Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju-city, Jeonbuk, South Korea
Affiliation The Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Hassan Ashktorab
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Cancer Center, Howard University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Kenneth Fallon
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Ming Xu
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Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Jianhua Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Luis Del Valle
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Affiliation The Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- A. Hamid Boulares
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* E-mail: hboulr@lsuhsc.edu
Affiliation The Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors would like to state that HB and HA are PLOS ONE Editorial Board members. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AHB KO MO. Performed the experiments: AHB YE HB KO MO AN JJ HK JK KF LDV CJD. Analyzed the data: AHB YE HB KO KF LDV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HB HA MX JZ. Wrote the paper: AHB YE.