About the Authors

Lidia Sonakowska

Affiliation University of Silesia, Department of Animal Histology and Embryology, Bankowa 9, 40–007, Katowice, Poland

Agnieszka Włodarczyk

Affiliation University of Silesia, Department of Animal Histology and Embryology, Bankowa 9, 40–007, Katowice, Poland

Grażyna Wilczek

Affiliation University of Silesia, Department of Animal Physiology and Ecotoxicology, Bankowa 9, 40–007, Katowice, Poland

Piotr Wilczek

Affiliation Heart Prosthesis Institute, Bioengineering Laboratory, Wolnosci 345a, 41–800, Zabrze, Poland

Sebastian Student

Affiliation Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 16, 44–100, Gliwice, Poland

Magdalena Maria Rost-Roszkowska

magdalena.rost-roszkowska@us.edu.pl

Affiliation University of Silesia, Department of Animal Histology and Embryology, Bankowa 9, 40–007, Katowice, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS AW MRR. Performed the experiments: LS AW MRR. Analyzed the data: LS MRR GW PW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GW PW SS. Wrote the paper: MRR. Supervising all of the research: MRR.