About the Authors

Dipti Deshpande

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sravani Kethireddy

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David R. Janero

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Drug Discovery, School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mansoor M. Amiji

m.amiji@neu.edu

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DD SK MMA. Performed the experiments: DD SK. Analyzed the data: DD SK DRJ MMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DRJ MMA. Wrote the paper: DD DRJ MMA.