About the Authors

Mihajlo Bosnjak

Contributed equally to this work with: Mihajlo Bosnjak, Biljana Ristic

Affiliation Institute of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Biljana Ristic

Contributed equally to this work with: Mihajlo Bosnjak, Biljana Ristic

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr. Subotica 1, Belgrade, Serbia

Katarina Arsikin

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr. Subotica 1, Belgrade, Serbia

Aleksandar Mircic

Affiliation Institute of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Violeta Suzin-Zivkovic

Affiliation Institute of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Vladimir Perovic

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr. Subotica 1, Belgrade, Serbia

Andrija Bogdanovic

Affiliation Clinic of Hematology, Clinical Center of Serbia, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Verica Paunovic

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr. Subotica 1, Belgrade, Serbia

Ivanka Markovic

Affiliation Institute of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Vladimir Bumbasirevic

Affiliation Institute of Histology and Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Vladimir Trajkovic

vtrajkovic@med.bg.ac.rs (VT); buajk@yahoo.com (LHT)

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr. Subotica 1, Belgrade, Serbia

Ljubica Harhaji-Trajkovic

vtrajkovic@med.bg.ac.rs (VT); buajk@yahoo.com (LHT)

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

Competing Interests

The authors would like to note that co-author Vladimir Trajkovic is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VT LHT. Performed the experiments: MB BR KA AM VSZ AB V. Paunovic IM LHT. Analyzed the data: VT LHT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: V. Perovic AB VB. Wrote the paper: VT LHT.