About the Authors

Harshita Chodavarapu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Nadja Grobe

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Hari K. Somineni

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Esam S. B. Salem

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Malav Madhu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Khalid M. Elased

khalid.elased@wright.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC NG HS ES MM KE. Performed the experiments: HC NG HS ES MM. Analyzed the data: HC NG HS ES MM KE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KE. Wrote the paper: HC NG HS ES MM KE.