About the Authors

Mahvash Farajzadeh-Dehkordi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran, Department of Molecular Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

Ladan Mafakher

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Thalassemia & Hemoglobinopathy Research Center, Health Research Institute, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Abbas Harifi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran

Fatemeh Samiee-Rad

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

fsamieerad@gmail.com

Affiliations Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran, Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Medical School, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

Babak Rahmani

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran, Department of Molecular Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.