About the Authors

Alakesh Bera

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Kolaparthi VenkataSubbaRao

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Muthu Saravanan Manoharan

Affiliation Research and Development, Audie Murphy Veterans Administration Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Ping Hill

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

James W. Freeman

freemanjw@uthscsa.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, Experimental and Developmental Therapeutics Program, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Research and Development, Audie Murphy Veterans Administration Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWF AB MSM KV. Performed the experiments: AB KV MSM PH. Analyzed the data: JWF AB MSM KV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWF MSM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AB JWF KV.