About the Authors

Efstratios K. Kosmidis

kosmidef@med.auth.gr

Affiliation Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, Thessaloniki, Greece

Vasiliki Moschou

Affiliation Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, Thessaloniki, Greece

Georgios Ziogas

Current address: Computer Science Program, Department of Informatics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Affiliation AIIA Laboratory, Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, Thessaloniki, Greece

Ioannis Boukovinas

Affiliation Bioclinic Oncology Unit, Thessaloniki, Greece

Maria Albani

Affiliation Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, Thessaloniki, Greece

Nikolaos A. Laskaris

Affiliation AIIA Laboratory, Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, Thessaloniki, Greece

Competing Interests

This work has been partially funded by a commercial source (Amgen Hellas). This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EKK NAL. Performed the experiments: VM GZ. Analyzed the data: EKK VM GZ IB MA NAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EKK IB MA NAL. Wrote the paper: EKK NAL.