Abdollahpour, Niloufar
Homayounfar, Nadia
Samadi, Nioosha
Farsi, Farima
Kabourani, Alireza
Hatamzadeh, Hossein
Ferns, Gordon A.
Seifi, Najmeh
Ghayour-Mobarhan, Majid
Article History
Received: 8 February 2025
Accepted: 17 November 2025
First Online: 27 November 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All experiments were performed in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki and Mashhad University of Medical Sciences ethical guidelines and regulations. The research protocol was approved by the School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (IR.MUMS.MEDICAL.REC.1398.228). All participants signed a written informed consent before participating in the study.