About the Authors

Sofia-Paraskevi Trachana

sp.voula@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Eleftherios Pilalis

Affiliation Metabolic Engineering and Bioinformatics Program Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry & Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece

Nikos G. Gavalas

Affiliation Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Kimon Tzannis

Affiliation Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Olga Papadodima

Affiliation Metabolic Engineering and Bioinformatics Program Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry & Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece

Michalis Liontos

Affiliation Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Alexandros Rodolakis

Affiliation First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Georgios Vlachos

Affiliation First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Nikolaos Thomakos

Affiliation First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Dimitrios Haidopoulos

Affiliation First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Maria Lykka

Affiliation Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Konstantinos Koutsoukos

Affiliation Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Efthimios Kostouros

Affiliation Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Evagelos Terpos

Affiliation Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Aristotelis Chatziioannou

Affiliation Metabolic Engineering and Bioinformatics Program Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry & Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece

Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos

Affiliation Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Aristotelis Bamias

Affiliation Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB EP AC NG. Performed the experiments: S-PT NG. Analyzed the data: S-PT KT EP OP NG AC AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: S-PT EP NG KT OP ML AR GV NT DH ML KK EK ET AC M-AD AB. Wrote the paper: S-PT NG EP KT.