About the Authors

Youssef Errami

Affiliation The Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Hassan Brim

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Cancer Center, Howard University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Karine Oumouna-Benachour

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

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

Affiliation The Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Hogyoung Kim

Affiliation The Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Jihang Ju

Affiliation The Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Christian J. Davis

Affiliation The Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Jong G. Kim

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

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Cancer Center, Howard University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Kenneth Fallon

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Ming Xu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jianhua Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Luis Del Valle

Affiliation The Stanley Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

A. Hamid Boulares

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.