About the Authors

Tatiana Cârţână

Affiliation Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

Adrian Săftoiu

adrian.saftoiu@webmail.umfcv.ro

Affiliation Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

Lucian Gheorghe Gruionu

Affiliations Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

Dan Ionuţ Gheonea

Affiliation Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

Daniel Pirici

Affiliation Department of Histology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

Claudia Valentina Georgescu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Emergency County Hospital, Craiova, Romania

Adriana Ciocâlteu

Affiliation Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

Gabriel Gruionu

Affiliations Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania, Steele Laboratory of Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GG AS TC. Performed the experiments: TC DIG AS. Analyzed the data: GG TC LGG AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DP CVG. Wrote the paper: TC AS GG DP.