About the Authors

Ana Herman

Affiliation Blood Transfusion Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Kristina Gruden

matjaz.jeras@ffa.uni-lj.si (MJ); kristina.gruden@nib.si (KG)

Affiliation National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Andrej Blejec

Affiliation National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Vid Podpečan

Affiliation Department of Knowledge Technologies, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Helena Motaln

Affiliation National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Primož Rožman

Affiliation Blood Transfusion Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Matjaž Hren

Affiliation BioSistemika, raziskave in razvoj d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia

Klemen Zupančič

Affiliation BioSistemika, raziskave in razvoj d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia

Matija Veber

Affiliation Educell Ltd., Trzin, Slovenia

Urška Verbovšek

Affiliation National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Tamara Lah Turnšek

Affiliations National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Andrej Porčnik

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Ljubljana University Medical Centre, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Marjan Koršič

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Ljubljana University Medical Centre, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Miomir Knežević

Affiliation Educell Ltd., Trzin, Slovenia

Matjaž Jeras

matjaz.jeras@ffa.uni-lj.si (MJ); kristina.gruden@nib.si (KG)

Affiliations Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Celica d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia

Competing Interests

Co-authors are partially (MJ) or fully (MH, KZ, MV, MK) employed by commercial companies (BioSistemika, Educell Ltd and Celica). This does not, however, alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KG AH MJ MH. Performed the experiments: AH VP. Analyzed the data: AH KG AB MJ HM KZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KG PR TLT M. Koršič M. Knežević MJ. Wrote the paper: AH KG MJ VP TLT. Organized the study: AH UV MV AP.