About the Authors

Pegah Ghiabi

Affiliation Stem Cell and Microenvironment Laboratory, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar

Jie Jiang

Affiliation Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Jennifer Pasquier

Affiliations Stem Cell and Microenvironment Laboratory, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar, Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Mahtab Maleki

Affiliation Stem Cell and Microenvironment Laboratory, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar

Nadine Abu-Kaoud

Affiliation Stem Cell and Microenvironment Laboratory, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar

Shahin Rafii

Affiliation Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Arash Rafii

jat2021@qatar-med.cornell.edu

Affiliations Stem Cell and Microenvironment Laboratory, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar, Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PG JJ SR AR. Performed the experiments: PG JJ MM NA. Analyzed the data: PG JJ JP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR SR. Wrote the paper: PG AR.