About the Authors

Despina Chatziharalambous

Affiliation Biotechnology Laboratory, Centre of Basic Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

Vasiliki Lygirou

Affiliation Biotechnology Laboratory, Centre of Basic Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

Agnieszka Latosinska

Affiliations Biotechnology Laboratory, Centre of Basic Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Konstantinos Stravodimos

Affiliation Department of Urology, Laikon Hospital, University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

Antonia Vlahou

Affiliation Biotechnology Laboratory, Centre of Basic Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

Vera Jankowski

Affiliation RWTH-Aachen, Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), Aachen, Germany

Jerome Zoidakis

izoidakis@bioacademy.gr

Affiliation Biotechnology Laboratory, Centre of Basic Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DC VL KS AV JZ. Performed the experiments: DC VL KS AV JZ. Analyzed the data: DC VL KS AV JZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS AV JZ. Wrote the paper: DC AV JZ. Critically read the manuscript: AL VJ.