About the Authors

Rao Mukkavilli

Contributed equally to this work with: Rao Mukkavilli, Sushma R. Gundala

Affiliation Advinus Therapeutics Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Sushma R. Gundala

Contributed equally to this work with: Rao Mukkavilli, Sushma R. Gundala

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Chunhua Yang

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Shashikiran Donthamsetty

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Guilherme Cantuaria

Affiliation Northside Hospital Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Gajanan R. Jadhav

Affiliation Advinus Therapeutics Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Subrahmanyam Vangala

Affiliation Advinus Therapeutics Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Michelle D. Reid

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ritu Aneja

raneja@gsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

Ritu Aneja is providing information regarding the affiliation of authors, Rao, Mukkavilli, Gajanan R. Jadhav, and Dr. Subrahmanyam Vangala. Their affiliation to Advinus Therapeutics Ltd, India, does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM SRG RA CY. Performed the experiments: RM. Analyzed the data: RM GRJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RA SV. Wrote the paper: RM SRG RA. Editing of the manuscript: SRG CY SD GC SV MRD.