About the Authors

Rakhee K. Ramakrishnan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Khuloud Bajbouj

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Mahmood Y. Hachim

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Andrea K. Mogas

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

Bassam Mahboub

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Ronald Olivenstein

Roles Resources

Affiliation Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

Rifat Hamoudi

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Rabih Halwani

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Qutayba Hamid

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

qalheialy@sharjah.ac.ae

Affiliations College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.