About the Authors

Rita Salánki

Affiliations Doctoral School of Molecular- and Nanotechnologies, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary, Nanobiosensorics Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science, Budapest, Hungary, Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary

Csaba Hős

Affiliation Department of Hydrodynamic Systems, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary

Norbert Orgovan

Affiliations Nanobiosensorics Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science, Budapest, Hungary, Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary

Beatrix Péter

Affiliations Doctoral School of Molecular- and Nanotechnologies, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary, Nanobiosensorics Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science, Budapest, Hungary

Noémi Sándor

Affiliation MTA-ELTE Immunology Research Group, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary

Zsuzsa Bajtay

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary

Anna Erdei

Affiliations MTA-ELTE Immunology Research Group, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary, Department of Immunology, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary

Robert Horvath

Affiliation Nanobiosensorics Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science, Budapest, Hungary

Bálint Szabó

balintszabo1@gmail.com

Affiliations Nanobiosensorics Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science, Budapest, Hungary, Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary, CellSorter Company for Innovations, Budapest, Hungary

Competing Interests

The competing interest of B.S., that he is a founder of CellSorter, the startup company that developed the device used in the authors' experiments, does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZB AE RH BS. Performed the experiments: RS NO BP NS. Analyzed the data: RS CH BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NS ZB AE. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RS NO NS RH BS. Carried out the numerical simulations: CH. Prepared the monocytes from human blood, labeled them and took part in consultations: NS. Developed the instrument: BS.