About the Authors

Hashem A. Dbouk

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Bassem D. Khalil

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Haiyan Wu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Aliaksei Shymanets

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapy, Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology and Interfaculty Center of Pharmacogenomics and Pharma Research Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Bernd Nürnberg

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapy, Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology and Interfaculty Center of Pharmacogenomics and Pharma Research Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Jonathan M. Backer

jonathan.backer@einstein.yu.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HAD JMB. Performed the experiments: HAD BDK HW. Analyzed the data: HAD BDK JMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS BN. Wrote the paper: HAD JMB.