About the Authors

Gaurav Patki

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Farida H. Allam

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Fatin Atrooz

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

An T. Dao

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Naimesh Solanki

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Gaurav Chugh

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mohammad Asghar

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Faizan Jafri

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ritu Bohat

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Karim A. Alkadhi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Samina Salim

ssalim@uh.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS MA KAA. Performed the experiments: GP FHA FA ATD NS FJ RB. Analyzed the data: GP FHA FA ATD NS FJ RB. Wrote the paper: SS MA KAA GC.