About the Authors
- Ankit Shah
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Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Ashish S. Verma
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Current address: Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India
Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Kalpeshkumar H. Patel
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Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Richard Noel
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Affiliation Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Vanessa Rivera-Amill
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Affiliation Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Peter S. Silverstein
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Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Suman Chaudhary
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Current address: Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Affiliation Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Hari K. Bhat
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Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Leonidas Stamatatos
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Affiliation Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Dhirendra P. Singh
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Affiliation University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Shilpa Buch
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Affiliation University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
- Anil Kumar
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* E-mail: kumaran@umkc.edu
Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AK SB HKB DPS. Performed the experiments: AS ASV KHP RN VRA. Analyzed the data: PSS SC. Wrote the paper: AS PS AK. Involved in optimization of techniques: ASV SC. Contributed with experiments regarding effect of trimeric gp140: LS.