About the Authors

Sheida Azizi

Affiliations Department of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran, Departament de Fisiologia i Immunologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

Mohammad Ali Nematollahi

malahi@ut.ac.ir (MAN); jgutierrez@ub.edu (JG)

Affiliation Department of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

Bagher Mojazi Amiri

Affiliation Department of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

Emilio J. Vélez

Affiliation Departament de Fisiologia i Immunologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

Esmail Lutfi

Affiliation Departament de Fisiologia i Immunologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

Isabel Navarro

Affiliation Departament de Fisiologia i Immunologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

Encarnación Capilla

Affiliation Departament de Fisiologia i Immunologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

Joaquim Gutiérrez

malahi@ut.ac.ir (MAN); jgutierrez@ub.edu (JG)

Affiliation Departament de Fisiologia i Immunologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EC JG. Performed the experiments: SA EJV EL EC. Analyzed the data: SA EJV EL EC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IN EC JG. Wrote the paper: SA MAN BMA EJV EL IN EC JG.