About the Authors

Rashid Ahmed

Contributed equally to this work with: Rashid Ahmed, Muhammad Tariq

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Biotechnology, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur, AJK, Pakistan, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, Biomedical Research Centre, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Muhammad Tariq

Contributed equally to this work with: Rashid Ahmed, Muhammad Tariq

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

tariq.awan@must.edu.pk (MT); hasan.anwarul.mit@gmail.com (AH)

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur, AJK, Pakistan

Maria Hussain

Roles Data curation

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur, AJK, Pakistan

Anisa Andleeb

Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur, AJK, Pakistan

Muhammad Shareef Masoud

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Imran Ali

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur, AJK, Pakistan

Fatima Mraiche

Roles Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation College of Pharmacy, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Anwarul Hasan

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

tariq.awan@must.edu.pk (MT); hasan.anwarul.mit@gmail.com (AH)

Affiliations Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, Biomedical Research Centre, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.