About the Authors

Maryam Hajrezaie

Contributed equally to this work with: Maryam Hajrezaie, Shahram Golbabapour

Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Institute of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Shahram Golbabapour

Contributed equally to this work with: Maryam Hajrezaie, Shahram Golbabapour

Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Institute of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Pouya Hassandarvish

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Nura Suleiman Gwaram

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

A. Hamid A. Hadi

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hapipah Mohd Ali

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Nazia Majid

Affiliation Institute of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mahmood Ameen Abdulla

ammeen@um.edu.my

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH SG MAA. Performed the experiments: MH SG PH NSG. Analyzed the data: SG NM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH AHAH HMA NSG. Wrote the paper: SG MAA.