About the Authors

Charlotte Y. Chung

Affiliation Departments of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Stephanie L. Alden

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Nicholas T. Funderburg

Affiliation The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Division of Medical Laboratory Science, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Pingfu Fu

Affiliation Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Alan D. Levine

alan.levine@case.edu

Affiliations Departments of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Departments of Pathology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Pediatrics, and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CYC ADL. Performed the experiments: CYC SLA NTF. Analyzed the data: CYC PF. Wrote the paper: CYC ADL.