About the Authors

PSS Rao

Contributed equally to this work with: PSS Rao, Anusha Ande

Affiliation Department of pharmaceutical sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Anusha Ande

Contributed equally to this work with: PSS Rao, Anusha Ande

Affiliation Division of pharmacology and toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Namita Sinha

Affiliation Department of pharmaceutical sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Anil Kumar

Affiliation Division of pharmacology and toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Santosh Kumar

ksantosh@uthsc.edu

Affiliation Department of pharmaceutical sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK AK AA PSSR. Performed the experiments: AA PSSR NS. Analyzed the data: SK AK AA PSSR NS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK. Wrote the paper: PSSR SK AA AK.