About the Authors

Rafeeq P. H. Ahmed

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Khawaja Husnain Haider

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jiang Shujia

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Muhammad Rizwan Afzal

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Muhammad Ashraf

muhammad.ashraf@uc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RPA KHH MA. Performed the experiments: RPA JS MRA. Analyzed the data: RPA KHH JS MRA MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KHH MA. Wrote the paper: KHH MA. Financial support: KHH, MA.