About the Authors

Sivakamasundari Pichu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Swapna Krishnamoorthy

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Andrei Shishkov

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Bi Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Peter McCue

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Biddanda C. Ponnappa

Biddanda.Ponnappa@jefferson.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BCP AS SP. Performed the experiments: SP SK AS BZ. Analyzed the data: BCP SP SK. Wrote the paper: BCP SP. Provided advice during the course of the research project: PM.