About the Authors

Ulkan Kilic

uckilic@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Medical Biology and Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), International School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey

Ozlem Gok

Affiliation Department of Medical Biology and Regenerative and Restorative Medicine Research Center (REMER), International School of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey

Ufuk Erenberk

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

Mehmet Rusen Dundaroz

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

Emel Torun

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

Yasar Kucukardali

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey

Birsen Elibol-Can

Affiliation Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

Omer Uysal

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

Tolga Dundar

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UK. Performed the experiments: UK OG UE ET YK TD BEC MRD. Analyzed the data: UK OU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UK UE ET YK TD MRD. Wrote the paper: UK OG BEC.