About the Authors

Naresh Kasoju

Affiliation Department of Biomaterials and Bioanalogous Polymer Systems, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

Dana Kubies

kubies@imc.cas.cz

Affiliation Department of Biomaterials and Bioanalogous Polymer Systems, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

Marta M. Kumorek

Affiliation Department of Biomaterials and Bioanalogous Polymer Systems, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

Jan Kříž

Affiliation Laboratory of Islets of Langerhans, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

Eva Fábryová

Affiliation Laboratory of Islets of Langerhans, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

Lud'ka Machová

Affiliation Department of Biomaterials and Bioanalogous Polymer Systems, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

Jana Kovářová

Affiliation Department of Polymer Processing, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

František Rypáček

Affiliation Department of Biomaterials and Bioanalogous Polymer Systems, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NK DK. Performed the experiments: NK MMK J. Kříž EF J. Kovářová. Analyzed the data: NK DK J. Kříž FR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NK LM. Wrote the paper: NK DK J. Kříž.