About the Authors

Alireza Shoae-Hassani

Affiliations Applied Cell Sciences Department, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Research Center for Science and Technology in Medicine (RCSTiM), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran

Peyman Keyhanvar

Affiliation Rajaie Cardiovascular, Medical and Research centre, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Alexander Marcus Seifalian

Affiliation UCL Centre for Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine, Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Seyed Abdolreza Mortazavi-Tabatabaei

Affiliations Applied Cell Sciences Department, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Research Center for Science and Technology in Medicine (RCSTiM), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran

Narmin Ghaderi

Affiliation Research Center for Science and Technology in Medicine (RCSTiM), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran

Khosro Issazadeh

Affiliation Research Center for Science and Technology in Medicine (RCSTiM), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran

Nour Amirmozafari

Affiliation Medical Microbiology Department, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Javad Verdi

nanobiotechnology@ymail.com

Affiliations Applied Cell Sciences Department, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Research Center for Science and Technology in Medicine (RCSTiM), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: PK NG KI SAMT. Analyzed the data: ASH NA JV AMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PK NG ASH KI. Wrote the paper: ASH JV. Conceived and designed the experiments: ASH AMS.