About the Authors

Shagufta H. Khan

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

John A. Arnott

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Raj Kumar

rkumar@tcmedc.org

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHK JAA RK. Performed the experiments: SHK JAA. Analyzed the data: SHK JAA RK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK JAA. Wrote the paper: SHK JAA RK.