About the Authors

Hussin A. Rothan

rothan@um.edu.my

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hirbod Bahrani

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Zulqarnain Mohamed

Affiliation Institute of biological sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Teow Chong Teoh

Affiliation Institute of biological sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Esaki M. Shankar

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Noorsaadah A. Rahman

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Rohana Yusof

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HAR RY. Performed the experiments: HAR HB TCT. Analyzed the data: HAR ZM NAR EMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HAR HB. Wrote the paper: HAR RY. Revised the manuscript: EMS ZM.