About the Authors

Amani A. Niazy

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

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

May M. Alrashed

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Rhodanne Nicole A. Lambarte

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Health Research Center, College of Dentistry, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Terrence S. Sumague

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Health Research Center, College of Dentistry, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdurahman A. Niazy

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

aaniazy@ksu.edu.sa

Affiliation Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.