About the Authors

Amilcar Rivera Rivera

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Linette Castillo-Pichardo

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Yamil Gerena

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Suranganie Dharmawardhane

su.d@upr.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARR LCP SD. Performed the experiments: ARR YG LCP SD. Analyzed the data: ARR YG LCP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SD. Wrote the paper: ARR YG LCP SD. Edited the manuscript: SD LCP.