About the Authors
- Khayal A. Alkhayal
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Affiliation Colorectal Research Chair, Department of Surgery, King Khalid University hospital, College of medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Zainab H. Awadalia
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Affiliation Colorectal Research Chair, Department of Surgery, King Khalid University hospital, College of medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Mansoor-Ali Vaali-Mohammed
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Affiliation Colorectal Research Chair, Department of Surgery, King Khalid University hospital, College of medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Omar A. Al Obeed
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Affiliation Colorectal Research Chair, Department of Surgery, King Khalid University hospital, College of medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Alanoud Al Wesaimer
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Affiliation Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Department of internal medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Rabih Halwani
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Affiliation Prince Naif Center for Immunology Research and Asthma Research Chair, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Ahmed M. Zubaidi
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Affiliation Colorectal Research Chair, Department of Surgery, King Khalid University hospital, College of medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Zahid Khan
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Contributed equally to this work with: Zahid Khan, Maha-Hamadien Abdulla
* E-mail: mabdulla@ksu.edu.sa (MHA); zkhan@ksu.edu.sa (ZK)
Affiliation Genome Research Chair, Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Maha-Hamadien Abdulla
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Contributed equally to this work with: Zahid Khan, Maha-Hamadien Abdulla
* E-mail: mabdulla@ksu.edu.sa (MHA); zkhan@ksu.edu.sa (ZK)
Affiliation Colorectal Research Chair, Department of Surgery, King Khalid University hospital, College of medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KAA OAAO AZ RH AW. Performed the experiments: ZA RH MV MA. Analyzed the data: ZHA MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAA OA AZ RH AW MV MA. Wrote the paper: MA ZHA ZK.