About the Authors

Faiza Altaf

Contributed equally to this work with: Faiza Altaf, Cornelia Vesely

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan

Cornelia Vesely

Contributed equally to this work with: Faiza Altaf, Cornelia Vesely

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Abdul Malik Sheikh

Roles Resources

Affiliation Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Rubab Munir

Roles Resources

Affiliation Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Syed Tahir Abbas Shah

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources

syedtahirabbas@comsats.edu.pk(AT); shah.syedtahirabbas@gmail.com(AS)

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan

Aamira Tariq

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

syedtahirabbas@comsats.edu.pk(AT); shah.syedtahirabbas@gmail.com(AS)

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.