About the Authors

Kholoud Arafat

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Rabah Iratni

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Takashi Takahashi

Affiliation Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Center for Neurological Diseases and Cancer, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Khatija Parekh

Affiliation Departments of Physiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Yusra Al Dhaheri

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Thomas E. Adrian

Affiliation Departments of Physiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Samir Attoub

samir.attoub@uaeu.ac.ae

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SA TA. Performed the experiments: KA RI YA KP. Analyzed the data: SA KA TA KP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA TA RI TT. Wrote the paper: SA TA.