About the Authors

Prashant Kumar

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Malini Mukherjee

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jacob P. S. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Milan Patel

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bing Huey

Affiliation Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Donna G. Albertson

Affiliation Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Karl Simin

karl.simin@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PK MM KS. Performed the experiments: PK MM MP KS. Analyzed the data: PK MM JPSJ KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PK KS DGA BH. Wrote the paper: JPSJ KS.