About the Authors

Yusra Al Dhaheri

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Alabama, Ain, United Arab Emirates

Samir Attoub

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Alabama, Ain, United Arab Emirates

Kholoud Arafat

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Alabama, Ain, United Arab Emirates

Synan AbuQamar

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Alabama, Ain, United Arab Emirates

Jean Viallet

Affiliation Institut National de la Sante et de la recherche Medicale U823, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France

Alaaeldin Saleh

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Hala Al Agha

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Ali Eid

R_iratni@uaeu.ac.ae (RI); ali.eid@qu.edu.qa (AE)

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Rabah Iratni

R_iratni@uaeu.ac.ae (RI); ali.eid@qu.edu.qa (AE)

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Alabama, Ain, United Arab Emirates

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RI AE. Performed the experiments: YAD SA KA SAQ JV AS HAA RI. Analyzed the data: RI YAD SA AE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RI AE . Wrote the manuscript: RI.