About the Authors

Mohsen Ghadami

Affiliations Endocrine and Metabolism Research Institute, and Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Women's Health Research, School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture, and Research, Tehran University of Medical Science Branch, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Ebtehal El-Demerdash

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Dong Zhang

Affiliation Endocrine and Metabolism Research Institute, and Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Salama A. Salama

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Awadh A. Binhazim

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Anthony E. Archibong

Affiliation Endocrine and Metabolism Research Institute, and Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Xinlei Chen

Affiliation Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Univerisité de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Billy R. Ballard

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

M. Ram Sairam

Affiliation Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Univerisité de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Ayman Al-Hendy

ahendy@mmc.edu

Affiliation Endocrine and Metabolism Research Institute, and Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG EE DZ SAS AAB AEA XC BRB MRS AA. Performed the experiments: MG EE DZ. Analyzed the data: SAS AAB BRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG AA. Wrote the paper: MG AA.