About the Authors

Thangavel Samikkannu

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Kurapati V. K. Rao

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Hong Ding

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Marisela Agudelo

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Andrea D. Raymond

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Changwon Yoo

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Madhavan P. N. Nair

nairm@fiu.edu

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute of NeuroImmune Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TS MPNN. Performed the experiments: TS KRVK MA HD ADR. Analyzed the data: TS KRVK MPNN CY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MPNN. Wrote the paper: TS MPNN.