About the Authors

Huda H. Al-Khalaf

Affiliation Department of Biological and Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dilek Colak

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Maher Al-Saif

Affiliation Program in Biomolecular Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Albandary Al-Bakheet

Affiliation Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Siti-Faujiah Hendrayani

Affiliation Department of Biological and Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Nujoud Al-Yousef

Affiliation Department of Biological and Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Namik Kaya

Affiliation Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Khalid S. Khabar

Affiliation Program in Biomolecular Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdelilah Aboussekhra

aboussekhra@kfshrc.edu.sa

Affiliation Department of Biological and Medical Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA KSK HHAK DC NK. Performed the experiments: HHAK MAS AAB SFH NAY. Analyzed the data: AA KSK HHAK DC NK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HHA SFH NAY KSK DC. Wrote the paper: AA KSK HHAK DC NK.