About the Authors

Zhiqiang Qin

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Department of Craniofacial Biology, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Eduardo Freitas

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Roger Sullivan

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Sarumathi Mohan

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Rocky Bacelieri

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Drake Branch

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Margaret Romano

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Patricia Kearney

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Jim Oates

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Medical Service, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Karlie Plaisance

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Shands Cancer Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Rolf Renne

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Shands Cancer Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Johnan Kaleeba

jkaleeba@usuhs.mil (JK); parsonch@musc.edu (CP)

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Immunology and Molecular/Cell Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Chris Parsons

jkaleeba@usuhs.mil (JK); parsonch@musc.edu (CP)

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Department of Craniofacial Biology, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZQ RR JK CP. Performed the experiments: ZQ EF RS SM MR PK KP. Analyzed the data: ZQ RB DB CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JO JK. Wrote the paper: ZQ RR CP. Contributed to paper editing: JK.