About the Authors

Oliver Richmond

Affiliation Clark Atlanta University Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development (CCRTD), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Maryam Ghotbaddini

Affiliation Clark Atlanta University Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development (CCRTD), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Cidney Allen

Affiliation Clark Atlanta University Department of Biological Sciences, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Alice Walker

Affiliation Clark Atlanta University Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development (CCRTD), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Shokouh Zahir

Affiliation Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran

Joann B. Powell

jpowell@cau.edu

Affiliations Clark Atlanta University Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development (CCRTD), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Clark Atlanta University Department of Biological Sciences, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OR JBP. Performed the experiments: MG CA AW SZ. Analyzed the data: OR SZ JBP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JBP. Wrote the paper: OR JBP.