About the Authors

Rit Vatsyayan

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America

Hema Kothari

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America

Nigel Mackman

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Oncology, McAllister Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Usha R. Pendurthi

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America

L. Vijaya Mohan Rao

Vijay.rao@uthct.edu

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RV URP LVMR. Performed the experiments: RV HK URP. Analyzed the data: RV HK LVMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NM LVMR. Wrote the paper: RV LVMR. Reviewed and edited the manuscript, and provided important suggestions: HK NM URP. Approved the final version of the manuscript: RV HK NM URP LVMR.