About the Authors

Mohamed Abu-Farha

mohamed.abufarha@dasmaninstitute.org (MAF); jehad.abubakr@dasmaninstitute.org (JA)

Affiliation Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Devarajan Sriraman

Affiliation Tissue Banking Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Preethi Cherian

Affiliation Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Irina AlKhairi

Affiliation Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Naser Elkum

Affiliation Sidra Medical and Research Center, Doha, Qatar

Kazem Behbehani

Affiliations Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait, Tissue Banking Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Jehad Abubaker

mohamed.abufarha@dasmaninstitute.org (MAF); jehad.abubakr@dasmaninstitute.org (JA)

Affiliation Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait City, Kuwait

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA JA. Performed the experiments: IA PC. Analyzed the data: MA DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA IA PC. Wrote the paper: MA JA KB NE.