About the Authors

Syed A. Ali

alilabwork@gmail.com

Affiliation Oncological and Radiological Sciences, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 13200, Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Sin-Yeang Teow

Affiliation Oncological and Radiological Sciences, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 13200, Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Tasyriq Che Omar

Affiliation Oncological and Radiological Sciences, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 13200, Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Alan Soo-Beng Khoo

Affiliation Institute for Medical Research, Jalan Pahang, 50588, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Tan Soo Choon

Affiliation Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Narazah Mohd Yusoff

Affiliation Regenerative Medicine, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 13200, Kepala Batas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAA NMY TSC. Performed the experiments: SYT SAA TCO ASK. Analyzed the data: SAA NMY TSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAA ASK NMY TSC. Wrote the paper: SAA.