About the Authors
- Kazem Zibara
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Doctoral School of Science and Technology (DSST), Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
- Rima Hamdan
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- Leila Dib
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- Steen Sindet-Pedersen
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Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nicolas & Asp University College, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Mohamed Kharfan-Dabaja
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- Ali Bazarbachi
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* E-mail: me00@aub.edu.lb (ME-S); bazarbac@aub.edu.lb (AB)
Affiliations Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- Marwan El-Sabban
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* E-mail: me00@aub.edu.lb (ME-S); bazarbac@aub.edu.lb (AB)
Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Competing Interests
The authors declare the funding source “Biotek APS, Denamrk.” The authors have no competing interests whatsoever (employment, consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products, etc.) with the commercial funding source. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KZ SSP AB MES. Performed the experiments: KZ RH LD. Analyzed the data: KZ RH AB MES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB MES. Wrote the paper: KZ MKD AB MES.