About the Authors

Mostafa A. El-Sayed

Affiliation Laser Dynamics Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ali A. Shabaka

Affiliation Department of Laser Physics, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Osama A. El-Shabrawy

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Nemat A. Yassin

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Sawsan S. Mahmoud

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Siham M. El-Shenawy

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Emad Al-Ashqar

Affiliation Department of Laser Physics, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Wael H. Eisa

Affiliation Department of Laser Physics, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Niveen M. Farag

Affiliation Department of Laser Physics, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Marwa A. El-Shaer

Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Nabila Salah

Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Ahmed M. Al-Abd

amalabd@kau.edu.sa

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, National Research Center, Giza, Egypt, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMA Mostafa A. El-Sayed AAS OAE NAY SSM SME. Performed the experiments: AMA EA WHE NMF Marwa A. El-Shaer NS. Analyzed the data: AMA NAY SSM SME. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EA NAY SSM SME. Wrote the manuscript: AMA NAY SSM SME. Data revision and fund management: Mostafa A. El-Sayed AAS OAE.