Acknowledgments
The authors would like to acknowledge Ms. Aayushi Trivedi, Ms. Priyanka Kashyap, and Mr. Pravin Salunkhe for their assistance in the experiment.
Author contributions
SB: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. SM: Writing—review & editing, Methodology, Investigation. VP: Writing—review & editing, Methodology, Investigation. AK: Writing—review & editing, Methodology, Investigation. VD: Writing—review & editing, Resources, Methodology, Investigation. SS: Writing—review & editing, Supervision, Resources, Methodology, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Formal analysis, Data curation, Conceptualization. All authors have read and have approved the submitted version.
Ethical approval
The entire animal study was carried out according to a protocol approved by the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision on Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA), India-registered Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC). The procedures followed for the animal study complied with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. The approved protocol number is ICT/IAEC/2017/P26.
Funding
This work was supported by the University Grants Commission Basic Science Research (UGC-BSR) Fellowship [F.25-1/2014-15 (BSR)/No. F.5-63/2007 (BSR)]. The authors would like to declare that the funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.