About the Authors

Mauhamad Baarine

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Research Institute, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Mushfiquddin Khan

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Research Institute, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Avtar Singh

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Research Institute, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Inderjit Singh

singhi@musc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Research Institute, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB IS. Performed the experiments: MB MK. Analyzed the data: MB MK IS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS. Wrote the paper: MB IS.