About the Authors

Maria E. Morales

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Tulane Cancer Center, and Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112, United States of America

Rebecca S. Derbes

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Tulane Cancer Center, and Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112, United States of America

Catherine M. Ade

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, 6400 Freret Street, New Orleans, LA 70118, United States of America

Jonathan C. Ortego

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Tulane Cancer Center, and Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112, United States of America

Jeremy Stark

Affiliation Department of Radiation Biology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, 1500 E Duarte Rd., Duarte, CA 91010, United States of America

Prescott L. Deininger

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Tulane Cancer Center, and Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112, United States of America

Astrid M. Roy-Engel

aengel@tulane.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Tulane Cancer Center, and Tulane University Health Sciences Center, 1430 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMR-E MEM RSD. Performed the experiments: RSD AMR-E JO MEM. Analyzed the data: AMR-E MEM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS PLD MEM. Wrote the paper: PLD MEM CMA AMR-E. Supervised the study: AMR-E.