Ali Darzi a, 1
Co-first authors.
, Mahla Shokouhfar a, 1
Co-first authors.
, Narges Farajee b, 2
Contributed equally.
, Arezoo Ghafari c, 2
Contributed equally.
, Fatemeh Deldar d, Pooya Eini e, Ahmad Ghorbani Vanan c, ⁎
, Nastaran Bahrami f, g, ⁎ 
a School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
b School of Medicine, Islamic Azad University of Tehran Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
c Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
d Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
e Cardiovascular Research Center, Rajaie Cardiovascular Institute, Tehran, Iran
f Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
g Department of Biology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran