About the Authors

Diana Tudor

Contributed equally to this work with: Diana Tudor, Iuliana Nenu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Iuliana Nenu

Contributed equally to this work with: Diana Tudor, Iuliana Nenu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Gabriela Adriana Filip

adrianafilip33@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Diana Olteanu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Mihai Cenariu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Flaviu Tabaran

Affiliation Department of Pathology University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Rodica Mariana Ion

Affiliation Nanomedicine Research Group, National Institute for Research & Development in Chemistry and Petrochemistry - ICECHIM, Bucharest, Romania

Lucian Gligor

Affiliation OSRAM Opto Semiconductors, OSRAM Romania, Global City Business Park, Voluntari, Ilfov, Romania

Ioana Baldea

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Competing Interests

We have the following interests: Lucian Gligore is employed by OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. 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, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: IN DT IB. Data curation: GAF IB. Formal analysis: IN DT IB. Funding acquisition: IN IB LG. Investigation: FT MC RMI IB IN DT DO LG. Methodology: DO FT. Project administration: IB. Resources: GAF IB. Software: IN DT IB. Supervision: IB GAF. Validation: GAF IB RMI. Visualization: GAF IB IN DT. Writing – original draft: IN DT IB. Writing – review & editing: GAF IB.