About the Authors

Laleh Naghibi

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran

Mona Yazdani

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Amir Abbas Momtazi-Borojeni

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Atefeh Razazan

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Sheida Shariat

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Mercedeh Mansourian

Roles Project administration

Affiliations Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran

Atefeh Arab

Roles Project administration

Affiliations Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran, Biotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Nastaran Barati

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology, Hamadan University of Medical Science, Hamadan, Iran

Mahdieh Arabsalmani

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Azam Abbasi

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Zahra Saberi

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Ali Badiee

Roles Supervision

Jafarimr@mums.ac.ir (MRJ); Jalalia@sbmu.ac.ir (SAJ); Badieea@mums.ac.ir (AB)

Affiliations Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran

Seyed Amir Jalali

Roles Supervision

Jafarimr@mums.ac.ir (MRJ); Jalalia@sbmu.ac.ir (SAJ); Badieea@mums.ac.ir (AB)

Affiliation Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Mahmoud Reza Jaafari

Roles Supervision

Jafarimr@mums.ac.ir (MRJ); Jalalia@sbmu.ac.ir (SAJ); Badieea@mums.ac.ir (AB)

Affiliations Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran, Biotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.