About the Authors

Mehrnoosh Shanaki

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Science, School of Allied Medical Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Reza Fadaei

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Nariman Moradi

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Solaleh Emamgholipour

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Hossein Poustchi

h.poustchi@gmail.com

Affiliation Liver and Pancreatobiliary Diseases Research Center, Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MS HP SE. Formal analysis: RF. Investigation: NM RF. Resources: HP MS. Supervision: HP MS. Writing – original draft: RF MS. Writing – review & editing: SE HP NM MS RF.