About the Authors

Mahmoud Alhaj Ali

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Abdu Adem

abdu.adem@uaeu.ac.ae

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

Irwin S. Chandranath

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

Sheela Benedict

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Javed Y. Pathan

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Nicolas Nagelkerke

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Fred Nyberg

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Lynley K. Lewis

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, Otago University, Christchurch, New Zealand

Tim G. Yandle

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, Otago University, Christchurch, New Zealand

Gary M. Nicholls

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, Otago University, Christchurch, New Zealand

Chris M. Frampton

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, Otago University, Christchurch, New Zealand

Elsadig Kazzam

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA AA GMN EK. Performed the experiments: MA ISC SB JP FN LL TGY. Analyzed the data: AA NN CMF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA ISC SB JP FN LL TGY AA GMN EK. Wrote the paper: MA AA NN CMF GMN EK.