About the Authors

Lucie Grodecká

Affiliations Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Centre for Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Brno, Czech Republic, Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Pavla Lockerová

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Centre for Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Brno, Czech Republic

Barbora Ravčuková

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Centre for Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Brno, Czech Republic

Emanuele Buratti

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy

Francisco E. Baralle

Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy

Ladislav Dušek

Affiliation Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Tomáš Freiberger

tomas.freiberger@cktch.cz

Affiliations Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Centre for Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Brno, Czech Republic, Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, Institute of Clinical Immunology and Allergology, St. Anne’s University Hospital and Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LG PL BR EB FEB TF. Performed the experiments: LG PL BR. Analyzed the data: LG EB LD TF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EB FEB LD TF. Wrote the paper: LG PL BR EB FEB LD TF.