Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge Novartis for providing NVP-BEZ235. We thank Charlene Ross and the Animal Models Core Facility for their help (CA016086).
Potential conflict of interest
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This work was supported by NIH grants CA096500, CA019014 to BD, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society QFC grant to BD, CA163217 to DD, and NIH/NCRR 1KL2RR025746 to SP. BD is a Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Scholar and a Burroughs Welcome Fund Investigator in Infectious Disease. PA is partially supported by T32-AI007419.