About the Authors

Melda Sonmez

Affiliation Koc University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

Huseyin Yavuz Ince

Affiliation Koc University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

Ozlem Yalcin

Affiliation Koc University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

Vladimir Ajdžanović

Affiliation University of Belgrade, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, Belgrade, Serbia

Ivan Spasojević

Affiliation University of Belgrade, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, Belgrade, Serbia

Herbert J. Meiselman

meiselma@usc.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Oguz K. Baskurt

Affiliation Koc University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OKB VA IS HJM. Performed the experiments: MS HYI OY VA IS. Analyzed the data: OKB HJM. Wrote the manuscript: OKB HJM VA IS.