About the Authors

Preethi Samuel

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mohammad Azhar Khan

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sourashish Nag

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Tadashi Inagami

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Tahir Hussain

thussain@central.uh.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PS MAK TH. Performed the experiments: PS MAK SN. Analyzed the data: PS MAK TH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TH TI. Wrote the paper: PS TH.