About the Authors

Vadieh Ghodsinejad Kalahroudi

Affiliations Department of Biology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran, Department of Medical Genetics, Special Medical Center, Tehran, Iran

Behnam Kamalidehghan

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ahoura Arasteh Kani

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Special Medical Center, Tehran, Iran

Omid Aryani

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, Special Medical Center, Tehran, Iran

Mahdi Tondar

Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, Special Medical Center, Tehran, Iran, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Fatemeh Ahmadipour

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Lip Yong Chung

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Massoud Houshmand

massoudh@nigeb.ac.ir

Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, Special Medical Center, Tehran, Iran, Department of Medical Genetics, National Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH. Performed the experiments: VGK. Analyzed the data: AAK OA MT FA LYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAK OA MT. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: BK.