About the Authors

Rami M. Elshazli

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Horus University - Egypt, New Damietta, Egypt

Eman A. Toraih

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Tulane University, School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Genetics Unit, Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Abdelaziz Elgaml

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Horus University - Egypt, New Damietta, Egypt

Mohammed El-Mowafy

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Mohamed El-Mesery

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Mohamed N. Amin

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Mohammad H. Hussein

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Tulane University, School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Mary T. Killackey

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Tulane University, School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Manal S. Fawzy

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ekandil@tulane.edu (EK); manal_mohamed@med.suez.edu.eg (MSF)

Affiliations Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Northern Border University, Arar, KSA

Emad Kandil

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

ekandil@tulane.edu (EK); manal_mohamed@med.suez.edu.eg (MSF)

Affiliation Division of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tulane University, School of Medicine, New Orleans, Los Angeles, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.