About the Authors

Lenka Belinova

bell@ikem.cz

Affiliations Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Hana Kahleova

Affiliation Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

Hana Malinska

Affiliation Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

Ondrej Topolcan

Affiliation University Hospital in Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic

Jindra Vrzalova

Affiliation University Hospital in Pilsen, Pilsen, Czech Republic

Olena Oliyarnyk

Affiliation Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

Ludmila Kazdova

Affiliation Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

Martin Hill

Affiliation Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic

Terezie Pelikanova

Affiliation Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LB HK HM TP. Performed the experiments: HM OO OT JV LK. Analyzed the data: LB HK HM MH TP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LB HK HM LK OO JV OT. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: LB HK HM TP.