About the Authors

Muthenna Puppala

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India

Jessica Ponder

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Palla Suryanarayana

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India

Geereddy Bhanuprakash Reddy

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India

J. Mark Petrash

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Daniel V. LaBarbera

daniel.labarbera@ucdenver.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DVL JMP. Performed the experiments: MP JP. Analyzed the data: DVL JMP JP MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GBR PS. Wrote the paper: DVL JMP MP JP PS GBR.