About the Authors

Osama Alsmadi

Affiliation Dasman Diabetes Institute, Dasman, Kuwait

Gaurav Thareja

Affiliation Dasman Diabetes Institute, Dasman, Kuwait

Fadi Alkayal

Affiliation Dasman Diabetes Institute, Dasman, Kuwait

Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan

Affiliation Dasman Diabetes Institute, Dasman, Kuwait

Sumi Elsa John

Affiliation Dasman Diabetes Institute, Dasman, Kuwait

Prashantha Hebbar

Affiliation Dasman Diabetes Institute, Dasman, Kuwait

Kazem Behbehani

Affiliation Dasman Diabetes Institute, Dasman, Kuwait

Thangavel Alphonse Thanaraj

Alphonse.Thangavel@dasmaninstitute.org

Affiliation Dasman Diabetes Institute, Dasman, Kuwait

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TAT OA KB. Performed the experiments: OA FA. Analyzed the data: TAT GT RR SEJ PH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OA RR. Wrote the manuscript: TAT GT.