About the Authors

Wei Fan

Roles Conceptualization

‡ WF and HLJ contributed equally to this work and share the first authorship.

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huaian Cancer Hospital, Huaian, Jiangsu, China

Heng Li Ji

Roles Data curation, Investigation

‡ WF and HLJ contributed equally to this work and share the first authorship.

Affiliation Nephrology Department, Huaian Cancer Hospital, Huaian, Jiangsu, China

Mohibullah Kakar

Roles Resources, Validation

Affiliation Faculty of Marine Sciences Lasbela University of Agriculture Water and Marine sciences (LUAWMS), Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan

Shabbir Ahmed

Roles Methodology, Software

shabbirch983@gmail.com (SA); yasmeenshakir@hotmail.com (YS)

Affiliation Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan

Hussah M. Alobaid

Roles Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Yasmeen Shakir

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

shabbirch983@gmail.com (SA); yasmeenshakir@hotmail.com (YS)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Hazara University, Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.