About the Authors

Sumi Surendran

Affiliation Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Athira Girijamma

Affiliation Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Radhakrishnan Nair

Affiliation St. Thomas Institute of Research on Venous Diseases, Changanassery, Kerala, India

Kalpana S. Ramegowda

Affiliation Sri Jayadeva Institute for Cardiovascular Sciences & Research, Bangalore, India

Divya H. Nair

Affiliation Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Jissa V. Thulaseedharan

Affiliation Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Ravikumar B. Lakkappa

Affiliation Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India

Giridhar Kamalapurkar

Affiliation Sri Jayadeva Institute for Cardiovascular Sciences & Research, Bangalore, India

Chandrasekharan C. Kartha

cckartha@rgcb.res.in

Affiliation Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS AG RN JVT RBL GK CCK. Performed the experiments: SS AG KSR DHN JVT. Analyzed the data: SS AG DHN JVT RBL GK CCK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RN KSR CCK. Wrote the paper: SS AG CCK. Revised article critically: RN KSR RBL GK CCK.