About the Authors

Vidya G. Bettada

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CEMR) Laboratory (DST-FIST supported center, ICMR collaborating center of excellence – ICMR-CCoE), Department of Biochemistry (DST-FIST supported department), JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka, India

Chaithanya G. Basavaraju

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CEMR) Laboratory (DST-FIST supported center, ICMR collaborating center of excellence – ICMR-CCoE), Department of Biochemistry (DST-FIST supported department), JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka, India

Shalini H. Doreswamy

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CEMR) Laboratory (DST-FIST supported center, ICMR collaborating center of excellence – ICMR-CCoE), Department of Biochemistry (DST-FIST supported department), JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka, India, Division of Nanoscience and Technology, School of Life Sciences-Mysuru, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka, India

SubbaRao V. Tulimilli

Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CEMR) Laboratory (DST-FIST supported center, ICMR collaborating center of excellence – ICMR-CCoE), Department of Biochemistry (DST-FIST supported department), JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka, India

Rimshia Naaz

Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CEMR) Laboratory (DST-FIST supported center, ICMR collaborating center of excellence – ICMR-CCoE), Department of Biochemistry (DST-FIST supported department), JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka, India

Siva Dallavalasa

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CEMR) Laboratory (DST-FIST supported center, ICMR collaborating center of excellence – ICMR-CCoE), Department of Biochemistry (DST-FIST supported department), JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka, India

Paramahans V. Salimath

Roles Funding acquisition, Validation

Affiliation JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka, India

Anjali Devi S. Bettadapura

Roles Resources, Validation

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CEMR) Laboratory (DST-FIST supported center, ICMR collaborating center of excellence – ICMR-CCoE), Department of Biochemistry (DST-FIST supported department), JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka, India

Asha Srinivasan

Roles Validation

Affiliations Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CEMR) Laboratory (DST-FIST supported center, ICMR collaborating center of excellence – ICMR-CCoE), Department of Biochemistry (DST-FIST supported department), JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka, India, Division of Nanoscience and Technology, School of Life Sciences-Mysuru, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka, India

Rajalakshmi Ramashetty

Roles Resources, Validation

Affiliation Department of Physiology, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka, India

Suma M. Natraj

Roles Resources, Validation

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CEMR) Laboratory (DST-FIST supported center, ICMR collaborating center of excellence – ICMR-CCoE), Department of Biochemistry (DST-FIST supported department), JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka, India

SubbaRao V. Madhunapantula

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

mvsstsubbarao@jssuni.edu.in; madhunapantulas@yahoo.com

Affiliations Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CEMR) Laboratory (DST-FIST supported center, ICMR collaborating center of excellence – ICMR-CCoE), Department of Biochemistry (DST-FIST supported department), JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka, India, Leader, Special Interest Group in Cancer Biology and Cancer Stem Cells (SIG-CBCSC), JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.