About the Authors

Raju K. Mandal

Affiliation Department of Urology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Naseem Akhter

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Albaha University, Albaha, Saudi Arabia

Shafiul Haque

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, India

Aditya K. Panda

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Rama D. Mittal

Affiliation Department of Urology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Mohammed A. A. Alqumber

alqumber@live.com

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Albaha University, Albaha, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RKM NA SH AKP MAAA. Performed the experiments: RKM NA AKP RDM. Analyzed the data: SH AKP RDM MAAA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NA RDM MAAA. Wrote the paper: RKM SH RDM.