About the Authors

Jan Balvan

Affiliations Department of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

Aneta Krizova

Affiliations Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic, TESCAN Brno, s.r.o., Brno, Czech Republic

Jaromir Gumulec

Affiliations Department of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

Martina Raudenska

Affiliations Department of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

Zbysek Sladek

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Physiology, and Animal Genetics, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

Miroslava Sedlackova

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Petr Babula

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Marketa Sztalmachova

Affiliations Department of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

Rene Kizek

Affiliations Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

Radim Chmelik

Affiliations Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic, Institute of Physical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

Michal Masarik

masarik@med.muni.cz

Affiliations Department of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The cooperation with commercial company (TESCAN) does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB MR JG MM. Performed the experiments: JB AK M. Sedlackova M. Sztalmachova ZS PB. Analyzed the data: JG RK MR MM PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM RK RC. Wrote the paper: JB AK JG MR ZS MM.