About the Authors

Sandip Mukherjee

‡ These authors share first authorship.

Affiliation Cellular and Molecular Endocrinology Laboratory, Centre for Advanced Studies in Zoology, School of Life Science, Visva-Bharati (A Central University), Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

Mrittika Chattopadhyay

‡ These authors share first authorship.

Affiliation Cellular and Molecular Endocrinology Laboratory, Centre for Advanced Studies in Zoology, School of Life Science, Visva-Bharati (A Central University), Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

Sushmita Bhattacharya

‡ These authors share first authorship.

Affiliation Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Delhi, India

Suman Dasgupta

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Assam, India

Sahid Hussain

Affiliation Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Assam, India

Saitanya K. Bharadwaj

Affiliation Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Assam, India

Dhrubajyoti Talukdar

Affiliation Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Assam, India

Abul Usmani

Affiliation Division of Cellular Endocrinology, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India

Bhola S Pradhan

Affiliation Division of Cellular Endocrinology, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India

Subeer S Majumdar

Affiliation Division of Cellular Endocrinology, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India

Pronobesh Chattopadhyay

Affiliation Defence Research Laboratory, Tezpur, Assam, India

Satinath Mukhopadhyay

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education & Research-Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial (IPGME&R−SSKM) Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Tushar K Maity

Affiliation Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Delhi, India

Mihir K. Chaudhuri

bhattacharyasa@gmail.com (SB); mkc@tezu.ernet.in (MKC)

Affiliation Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Assam, India

Samir Bhattacharya

bhattacharyasa@gmail.com (SB); mkc@tezu.ernet.in (MKC)

Affiliation Cellular and Molecular Endocrinology Laboratory, Centre for Advanced Studies in Zoology, School of Life Science, Visva-Bharati (A Central University), Santiniketan, West Bengal, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: Samir Bhattacharya MKC. Data curation: S. Mukherjee MC Sushmita Bhattacharya PC TKM Samir Bhattacharya MKC. Formal analysis: S. Mukherjee MC Sushmita Bhattacharya PC TKM DT SSM Samir Bhattacharya MKC. Funding acquisition: MKC SSM Samir Bhattacharya. Investigation: Samir Bhattacharya MKC SSM S. Mukherjee MC Sushmita Bhattacharya. Methodology: S. Mukherjee MC Sushmita Bhattacharya PC SD TKM SH SKB DT AU BSP Samir Bhattacharya MKC SSM. Project administration: MKC SSM Samir Bhattacharya. Resources: MKC SSM Samir Bhattacharya. Software: S. Mukherjee MC Sushmita Bhattacharya PC. Supervision: Samir Bhattacharya MKC. Validation: S. Mukherjee MC Sushmita Bhattacharya PC TKM Samir Bhattacharya MKC. Visualization: Samir Bhattacharya MKC. Writing – original draft: Samir Bhattacharya MKC. Writing – review & editing: Samir Bhattacharya MKC S. Mukhopadhyay SSM TKM S. Mukherjee MC Sushmita Bhattacharya DT.