About the Authors

Debanjan Mukhopadhyay

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Shibabrata Mukherjee

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Susmita Roy

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Jane E. Dalton

Affiliation Centre for Immunology and Infection, Hull York Medical School and Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Sunanda Kundu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Avijit Sarkar

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Nilay K. Das

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Paul M. Kaye

paul.kaye@york.ac.uk (PMK); ilatim@vsnl.net (MC)

Affiliation Centre for Immunology and Infection, Hull York Medical School and Department of Biology, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Mitali Chatterjee

paul.kaye@york.ac.uk (PMK); ilatim@vsnl.net (MC)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM SM JED AS MC PMK. Performed the experiments: DM SM SR JED SK AS. Analyzed the data: DM SM JED NKD PMK MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC PMK. Wrote the paper: DM PMK MC. Identified the patients and obtained the samples: DM SM MC NKD. Obtained funds: MC PMK.