About the Authors

Mahmood Rasool

Affiliation Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (CEGMR), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Arif Malik

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

Muhammad Abdul Basit Ashraf

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

Gulshan Parveen

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

Shazia Iqbal

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

Irfan Ali

Affiliation Akhuwat-Faisalabad Institute of Research Science and Technology, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Mahmood Husain Qazi

Affiliation Centre for Research in Molecular Medicine (CRIMM), The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

Muhammad Asif

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, BUITEMS, Quetta, Pakistan

Kashif Kamran

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan

Asim Iqbal

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan

Saima Iram

Affiliation Bolan Medical Hospital, Quetta, Pakistan

Sami Ullah Khan

Affiliation Department of Botany, Women University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Bagh, Pakistan

Mohammad Zahid Mustafa

Affiliation CASVAB, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan

Ahmad Zaheer

Affiliation National Institute for Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Rozeena Shaikh

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, BUITEMS, Quetta, Pakistan

Hani Choudhry

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Center of Innovation in Personalized Medicine, King Fahd Center for Medical Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Sarwar Jamal

sarwar4u@gmail.com

Affiliation King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MR AM MHQ. Data curation: MABA GP MZM. Formal analysis: MR RS HC MSJ. Investigation: SI AM. Methodology: AZ MA. Project administration: AM. Resources: IA KK AI. Supervision: MR AM. Writing – original draft: MR MABA AM. Writing – review & editing: MR MA AM SI SUK.