About the Authors

Muhammad Rashid

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Muhammad Qasim

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

qasimawan@gmail.com

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

Rafaqat Ishaq

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States of America, University Institute of Biochemistry & Biotechnology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Shazia Anwer Bukhari

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Zureesha Sajid

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States of America, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Usman Ali Ashfaq

Roles Supervision

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

Asma Haque

Roles Supervision

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

Zubair M. Ahmed

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Competing Interests

No authors have competing interests.