About the Authors

Mariam J. Shaheen

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

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Debbieh, Lebanon

Amira M. Bekdash

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Hana A. Itani

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

hi40@aub.edu.lb (HAI); j.borjac@bau.edu.lb (JMB)

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jamilah M. Borjac

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

hi40@aub.edu.lb (HAI); j.borjac@bau.edu.lb (JMB)

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Debbieh, Lebanon

Competing Interests

The authors declare no competing interests.