About the Authors

Lokesh Dalasanur Nagaprashantha

Current address: Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Disease Research, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Tatjana Talamantes

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Jyotsana Singhal

Current address: Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Disease Research, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Jia Guo

Current address: Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Rit Vatsyayan

Current address: Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Navin Rauniyar

Current address: Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Sanjay Awasthi

Current address: Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Disease Research, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Sharad S. Singhal

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharad S. Singhal, Laszlo Prokai

Current address: Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Disease Research, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Laszlo Prokai

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharad S. Singhal, Laszlo Prokai

Laszlo.Prokai@unthsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LDN SSS LP. Performed the experiments: LDN JS RV. Analyzed the data: LDN TT JG NR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA SSS LP. Wrote the paper: LDN TT SSS LP.