About the Authors

Ewelina Stoczynska-Fidelus

ewelina.stoczynska-fidelus@umed.lodz.pl

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Sylwester Piaskowski

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Michal Bienkowski

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology and Neuropathology, Chair of Oncology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Mateusz Banaszczyk

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Krystyna Hulas-Bigoszewska

Affiliation Department of Molecular Pathology and Neuropathology, Chair of Oncology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Marta Winiecka-Klimek

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Anna Radomiak-Zaluska

Affiliation Neurological Surgery, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Regional Specialist Hospital in Zgierz, Zgierz, Lodz, Poland

Waldemar Och

Affiliation Clinical Department of Neurosurgery, The Voivodal Specialistic Hospital in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Warmia and Masuria, Poland

Maciej Borowiec

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Oncology, Haematology and Diabetology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Jolanta Zieba

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Cezary Treda

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Piotr Rieske

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ESF PR M. Bienkowski SP. Performed the experiments: ESF SP M. Bienkowski MWK JZ KHB M. Banaszcyk CT. Analyzed the data: ESF PR SP M. Bienkowski M. Borowiec MWK JZ KHB M. Banaszcyk CT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ESF PR ARZ WO M. Borowiec. Wrote the paper: ESF PR M. Bienkowski. Proposed method based on three different technics to identify and determine the phenotype of senescent cells: ESF.