About the Authors

Khalid M. Alkharfy

alkharfy@ksu.edu.sa

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Biomarkers Research Program, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Nasser M. Al-Daghri

Affiliations Biochemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Biomarkers Research Program, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Paul M. Vanhoutte

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Soundararajan Krishnaswamy

Affiliation Biomarkers Research Program, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Aimin Xu

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMA NMA AX PMV. Performed the experiments: KMA NMA AX PMV. Analyzed the data: KMA SK AX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KMA NMA AX PMV. Wrote the paper: KMA SK AX.