About the Authors
- Anna Lyberopoulou
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Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Laboratory of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Gerasimos Aravantinos
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Affiliation Second Department of Medical Oncology, Agioi Anargiroi Cancer Hospital, Kifisia, Athens, Greece
- Efstathios P. Efstathopoulos
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Affiliation Second Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Nikolaos Nikiteas
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Affiliation Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery, University of Athens School of Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Penelope Bouziotis
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Affiliation Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences and Technology, Energy and Safety, N.C.S.R. 'Demokritos', Athens, Greece
- Athina Isaakidou
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Affiliation Second Department of Medical Oncology, Agioi Anargiroi Cancer Hospital, Kifisia, Athens, Greece
- Apostolos Papalois
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Affiliation Exprerimental Research Center ELPEN Pharmaceuticals, Pikermi, Attiki, Greece
- Evangelos Marinos
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Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Laboratory of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Maria Gazouli
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* E-mail: mgazouli@med.uoa.gr
Affiliations Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Laboratory of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Second Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Competing Interests
We have the following interests: This study was partly funded by Scholarship—Grant by the Experimental Research Center ELPEN Pharmaceuticals. Co-author Apostolos Papalois is employed by Experimental Research Center ELPEN Pharmaceuticals. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AL EE MG. Performed the experiments: AL AI PB MG. Analyzed the data: MG AL EE EM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AI NN GA AP. Wrote the paper: MG AL PB EE. Provided support in the form of salary, but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript: AP.