About the Authors

Fatemeh Saheb Sharif-Askari

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

Affiliation Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Narjes Saheb Sharif-Askari

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

Affiliation Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Shirin Hafezi

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Bushra Mdkhana

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Hawra Ali Hussain Alsayed

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pharmacy Department, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Abdul Wahid Ansari

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dermatology Institute, Translational Research Institute, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Bassam Mahboub

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Rashid Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Adel M. Zakeri

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mohamad-Hani Temsah

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Immunology Research Lab, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Walid Zahir

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations G42 Health Care, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Institute of Public Health, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Qutayba Hamid

Roles Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Rabih Halwani

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

rhalwani@sharjah.ac.ae

Affiliations Sharjah Institute of Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Prince Abdullah Ben Khaled Celiac Disease Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.