About the Authors

Joanna Waligórska-Stachura

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Mirosław Andrusiewicz

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Nadia Sawicka-Gutaj

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Maciej Biczysko

Affiliation Department of General, Gastroenterological and Endocrine Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Anna Jankowska

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Marta Kubiczak

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Agata Czarnywojtek

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Elżbieta Wrotkowska

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Marek Ruchała

mruchala@ump.edu.pl

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWS. Performed the experiments: MA MK . Analyzed the data: NSG . Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB AJ AC EW. Wrote the paper: JWS NSG AJ MR.