About the Authors

Mahdieh Akhoundan

Affiliations Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRC), Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Zhaleh Shadman

Affiliations Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRC), Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Parisa Jandaghi

Affiliations Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRC), Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Maryam Aboeerad

Affiliation Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran university of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Bagher Larijani

Affiliation Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRC), Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Zahra Jamshidi

Affiliation Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRC), Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Hamidreza Ardalani

Affiliation Department of Horticultural Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Mohsen Khoshniat Nikoo

M.khoshniatnikoo@yahoo.com

Affiliation Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran university of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: BL MKN. Data curation: M. Akhoundan ZS PJ. Formal analysis: ZS M. Akhoundan. Funding acquisition: BL MKN. Investigation: M. Akhoundan PJ M. Aboeerad ZJ. Methodology: ZS BL MKN. Project administration: MKN. Resources: BL MKN. Software: M. Akhoundan ZS HA. Supervision: ZS. Validation: ZS BL MKN. Visualization: M. Akhoundan ZS. Writing – original draft: M. Akhoundan ZS HA. Writing – review & editing: M. Akhoundan ZS PJ HA.