About the Authors

Fatemeh Torkashvand

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Behrouz Vaziri

behrouz-vaziri@pasteur.ac.ir (BV); mahboudi@pasteur.ac.ir (FM)

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Shayan Maleknia

Affiliation Process Development Department, Aryogen Biopharma Inc., Alborz, Iran

Amir Heydari

Affiliation Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, Biochemical & Bioenvironmental Research Center Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Manouchehr Vossoughi

Affiliation Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, Biochemical & Bioenvironmental Research Center Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Fatemeh Davami

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Fereidoun Mahboudi

behrouz-vaziri@pasteur.ac.ir (BV); mahboudi@pasteur.ac.ir (FM)

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

Aryogen Biopharma Inc. provided support in the form of salaries for S. A. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BV FT FM MV FD. Performed the experiments: FT SM. Analyzed the data: FT AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BV FM MV. Wrote the paper: FT BV FM.