About the Authors

Baiba Jansone

baiba.jansone@lu.lv

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Inga Kadish

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Thomas van Groen

Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Ulrika Beitnere

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Doyle Ray Moore

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Aiva Plotniece

Affiliation Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia

Karlis Pajuste

Affiliation Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia

Vija Klusa

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IK BJ UB VK AP KP. Performed the experiments: IK BJ UB DRM AP KP. Analyzed the data: IK BJ DRM TvG UB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP KP IK TvG. Wrote the paper: VK IK BJ TvG DRM UB. Coordinated the studies and wrote the manuscript: VK.