About the Authors

Wasia Rizwani

Current address: Department of Biochemistry, University College of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Courtney Schaal

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Sateesh Kunigal

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Domenico Coppola

Affiliation Department of Anatomic Pathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Srikumar Chellappan

Srikumar.Chellappan@moffitt.org

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

Srikumar P. Chellappan is an Academic Editor for PLOS ONE. This role has not affected the content of this manuscript in any fashion. Further, this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WR CS SK SC. Performed the experiments: WR SK. Analyzed the data: WR DC SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DC. Wrote the paper: WR CS SC.