About the Authors

Ivica Mašindová

Contributed equally to this work with: Ivica Mašindová, Andrea Šoltýsová, Lukáš Varga

Affiliation Laboratory of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders & DIABGENE, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Andrea Šoltýsová

Contributed equally to this work with: Ivica Mašindová, Andrea Šoltýsová, Lukáš Varga

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Lukáš Varga

Contributed equally to this work with: Ivica Mašindová, Andrea Šoltýsová, Lukáš Varga

Affiliations Laboratory of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders & DIABGENE, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Petra Mátyás

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, University of Pécs, Clinical Centre, Pécs, Hungary

Andrej Ficek

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Miloslava Hučková

Affiliations Laboratory of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders & DIABGENE, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, Center for Molecular Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Martina Sůrová

Affiliation Laboratory of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders & DIABGENE, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Dana Šafka-Brožková

Affiliation DNA Laboratory, Department of Paediatric Neurology, Charles University 2nd Medical School and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic

Saima Anwar

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Judit Bene

Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, University of Pécs, Clinical Centre, Pécs, Hungary, Szentagothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

Slavomír Straka

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty Hospital of J. A. Reiman, Prešov, Slovakia

Ingrid Janicsek

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, University of Pécs, Clinical Centre, Pécs, Hungary

Zubair M. Ahmed

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Pavel Seeman

Affiliation DNA Laboratory, Department of Paediatric Neurology, Charles University 2nd Medical School and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic

Béla Melegh

Affiliations Department of Medical Genetics, University of Pécs, Clinical Centre, Pécs, Hungary, Szentagothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

Milan Profant

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Iwar Klimeš

Affiliation Laboratory of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders & DIABGENE, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Saima Riazuddin

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ľudevít Kádasi

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Daniela Gašperíková

daniela.gasperikova@savba.sk

Affiliations Laboratory of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders & DIABGENE, Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia, Center for Molecular Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LV DG. Performed the experiments: IM AS PM MS SS IJ SA LV. Analyzed the data: IM AS PM IJ MH MS SA AF DG LV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IM AS LV AF MH MS DSB SA JB SS IJ ZMA PS BM MP IK SR LK DG. Wrote the paper: IM AS LV AF DSB ZMA PS BM MP IK SR LK DG.