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Exosomes in viral infection: Effects for pathogenesis and treatment strategies

FATEMEH HEIDARI^1,2, REIHANEH SEYEDEBRAHIMI^1,2, PIAO YANG³, MOHSEN ESLAMI FARSANI^1,2, SHIMA ABABZADEH^2,4, NASER KALHOR⁵, HAMED MANOOCHEHRI⁶, MOHSEN SHEYKHHASAN^7,*, MARYAM AZIMZADEH^8,9,*

1 Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
2 Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
3 Department of Molecular Genetics, College of Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
4 Tissue Engineering Department, Faculty of Medicine, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
5 Department of Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Academic Center for Education, Culture, and Research (ACECR), Qom Branch, Qom, Iran
6 The Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
7 Department of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
8 Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Khomein University of Medical Sciences, Khomein, Iran
9 Molecular and Medicine Research Center, Khomein University of Medical Sciences, Khomein, Iran

* Corresponding Authors: MOHSEN SHEYKHHASAN. Email: ; MARYAM AZIMZADEH. Email: