About the Authors

Gajalakshmi Dakshinamoorthy

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, Rockford, Illinois, United States of America

Abhilash Kumble Samykutty

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, Rockford, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India

Gnanasekar Munirathinam

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, Rockford, Illinois, United States of America

Gangadhar Bhaurao Shinde

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Thomas Nutman

Affiliation Helminth Immunology Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Maryada Venkatarami Reddy

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Maharashtra, India

Ramaswamy Kalyanasundaram

ramswamy@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, Rockford, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GD GM RK. Performed the experiments: GD AS GM RK. Analyzed the data: GD GM RK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RK TN MR GS. Wrote the paper: GD RK.