About the Authors

Sherin Bakhashab

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

sbakhashab@kau.edu.sa (SB); pnatesan@kau.edu.sa (PNP)

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Ghalya H. Banafea

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Farid Ahmed

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Reem Alsolami

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Hans-Juergen Schulten

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Kalamegam Gauthaman

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India

Muhammad Imran Naseer

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Peter Natesan Pushparaj

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

sbakhashab@kau.edu.sa (SB); pnatesan@kau.edu.sa (PNP)

Affiliations Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Department of Pharmacology, Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India

Competing Interests

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.