About the Authors

Ashok Chauhan

Ashok.Chauhan@uscmed.sc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, and Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

Ashok Chauhan is currently an academic editor of the PLOS ONE journal. This does not alter the author’s adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC. Performed the experiments: AC. Analyzed the data: AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AC.