About the Authors

Ahmed Faisal Sumit

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Anindya Das

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Zinat Sharmin

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Nazmul Ahsan

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Nobutaka Ohgami

Affiliations Nutritional Health Science Research Center, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Masashi Kato

Affiliation Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Anwarul Azim Akhand

akhand66@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Competing Interests

Co-author Anwarul Azim Akhand of this manuscript is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board Member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NA AAA. Performed the experiments: AFS AD ZS. Analyzed the data: AFS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NO MK. Wrote the paper: AFS NA AAA.