About the Authors

Nirmalya Dey

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Falguni Das

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Nandini Ghosh-Choudhury

Affiliations Veterans Administration Research, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Chandi Charan Mandal

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Dipen J. Parekh

Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Karen Block

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Veterans Administration Research, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Balakuntalam S. Kasinath

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Veterans Administration Research, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Hanna E. Abboud

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Veterans Administration Research, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Goutam Ghosh Choudhury

choudhuryg@uthscsa.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Veterans Administration Research, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GGC NGC ND. Performed the experiments: ND FD CCM. Analyzed the data: ND FD GGC BSK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB DJP. Wrote the paper: GGC. Provided intellectual inputs to analyze the data and write the manuscript: HEA BSK.