About the Authors

Priyanka Dhar

Affiliation Defence Institute of High Altitude Research, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Leh-Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Amol B. Tayade

Affiliation Defence Institute of High Altitude Research, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Leh-Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Jatinder Kumar

Affiliation Defence Institute of High Altitude Research, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Leh-Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Om P. Chaurasia

dropchaurasiadihardrdo@gmail.com

Affiliation Defence Institute of High Altitude Research, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Leh-Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Ravi B. Srivastava

Affiliation Defence Institute of High Altitude Research, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Leh-Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Shashi B. Singh

Affiliation Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Timarpur, Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PD ABT OPC RBS SBS. Performed the experiments: PD ABT. Analyzed the data: PD ABT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PD ABT JK. Wrote the paper: PD ABT. Concise review of manuscript: OPC SBS RBS.