About the Authors

Pawan Gupta

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Ping-Chih Ho

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

M. D. Mostaqul Huq

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Amjad Ali Khan

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Nien-Pei Tsai

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Li-Na Wei

weixx009@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LNW PG PCH. Performed the experiments: PG PCH MH AAK NPT. Analyzed the data: LNW PG PCH MH AAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LNW. Wrote the paper: LNW PG. Financial support: LNW.