About the Authors

David Garbaisz

garbaiszdavid@t-online.hu

Affiliation Semmelweis University, 1st Department of Surgery, Budapest, Hungary

Zsolt Turoczi

Affiliation Semmelweis University, 1st Department of Surgery, Budapest, Hungary

Peter Aranyi

Affiliation Semmelweis University, 1st Department of Surgery, Budapest, Hungary

Andras Fulop

Affiliation Semmelweis University, 1st Department of Surgery, Budapest, Hungary

Oliver Rosero

Affiliation Semmelweis University, 1st Department of Surgery, Budapest, Hungary

Edit Hermesz

Affiliation University of Szeged, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Szeged, Hungary

Agnes Ferencz

Affiliation University of Szeged, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Szeged, Hungary

Gabor Lotz

Affiliation Semmelweis University, 2nd Department of Pathology, Budapest, Hungary

Laszlo Harsanyi

Affiliation Semmelweis University, 1st Department of Surgery, Budapest, Hungary

Attila Szijarto

Affiliation Semmelweis University, 1st Department of Surgery, Budapest, Hungary

Competing Interests

In the present experimental study, NIM-811 was provided as a gift from Novartis International AG, Basel, Switzerland. Authors declare that there are no competing interests with Novartis International AG related to either employment, consultancy, patents, products in development, marketed products, etc. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DG ZT AS. Performed the experiments: DG ZT OR A. Fulop PA. Analyzed the data: DG ZT AS EH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EH A. Ferencz LH GL. Wrote the paper: DG.