About the Authors

Magesh Muthu

Affiliations John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Oncology Department, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Vino T. Cheriyan

Affiliations John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Oncology Department, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Sara Munie

Affiliations John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Oncology Department, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Edi Levi

Affiliations John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Pathology Department, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

John Frank

Affiliation John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Abdelkader E. Ashour

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mandip Singh

Affiliation College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Arun K. Rishi

Rishia@Karmanos.org

Affiliations John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Oncology Department, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Arun Rishi is currently a serving editorial board member (Academic Editor) of PLoS One. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLoS One editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKR. Performed the experiments: MM VTC SM EL JF AEA. Analyzed the data: AKR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MM AKR.