About the Authors

Hany E. S. Marei

hany800@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Cytology and Histology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Asma Althani

Affiliation Health Sciences Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Nahla Afifi

Affiliation Health Sciences Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Fabrizio Michetti

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Roma, Italy

Mario Pescatori

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Roma, Italy

Roberto Pallini

Affiliation Institute of Neurosurgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy

Patricia Casalbore

Affiliation Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, National Research Council of Italy, Monterotondo Scalo, Rome, Italy

Carlo Cenciarelli

Affiliation Institute of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council of Italy, Rome, Italy

Philip Schwartz

Affiliation National Human Neural Stem Cell Resource, Children's Hospital of Orange County Research Institute, Orange, California, United States of America

Abd-Elmaksoud Ahmed

Affiliation Department of Cytology and Histology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HM NA AA AEA. Performed the experiments: FM MP. Analyzed the data: MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NA AA RP PC CC PS. Wrote the paper: HM.