About the Authors

Sandhya Boyapalle

Affiliations James A Haley Veteran's Administration Hospital, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, University of South Florida Nanomedicine Research Center,Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Translational Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Terianne Wong

Affiliations University of South Florida Nanomedicine Research Center,Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Translational Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Julio Garay

Affiliations University of South Florida Nanomedicine Research Center,Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Translational Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Michael Teng

Affiliation Department of Allergy and Immunology, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Homero San Juan-Vergara

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Translational Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Departamento de Medicina, Fundación Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Subhra Mohapatra

Affiliations James A Haley Veteran's Administration Hospital, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, University of South Florida Nanomedicine Research Center,Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Translational Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Shyam Mohapatra

smohapat@health.usf.edu

Affiliations James A Haley Veteran's Administration Hospital, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, University of South Florida Nanomedicine Research Center,Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Translational Medicine, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB HS Subhra Mohapatra Shyam Mohapatra. Performed the experiments: SB TW JG. Analyzed the data: SB TW HS Subhra Mohapatra Shyam Mohapatra. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT. Wrote the paper: SB TW Subhra Mohapatra Shyam Mohapatra.