About the Authors

Angsana Keeratijarut

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Molecular Medicine Program, Multidisciplinary Unit, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Tassanee Lohnoo

Affiliation Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Thidarat Rujirawat

Affiliation Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Wanta Yingyong

Affiliation Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Thareerat Kalambaheti

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Shannon Miller

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, United States of America

Vipaporn Phuntumart

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, United States of America

Theerapong Krajaejun

mr_en@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK VP T. Krajaejun. Performed the experiments: AK TL TR WY T. Kalambaheti SM. Analyzed the data: AK SM VP T. Krajaejun. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: T. Kalambaheti VP T. Krajaejun. Wrote the paper: AK T. Krajaejun.