About the Authors

Natalia Smorodinova

Affiliation Institute of Histology and Embryology, The First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Lucie Lantová

Affiliation Institute of Histology and Embryology, The First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Martin Bláha

Affiliation Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine-IKEM, Department of Cardiology, Prague, Czech Republic

Vojtěch Melenovský

Affiliation Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine-IKEM, Department of Cardiology, Prague, Czech Republic

Jan Hanzelka

Affiliation Institute of Histology and Embryology, The First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Jan Pirk

Affiliation Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine-IKEM, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Prague, Czech Republic

Josef Kautzner

Affiliation Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine-IKEM, Department of Cardiology, Prague, Czech Republic

Tomáš Kučera

tkucer@lf1.cuni.cz

Affiliation Institute of Histology and Embryology, The First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NS TK JK MB VM JP. Performed the experiments: NS TK LL JH MB. Analyzed the data: NS TK LL JH VM MB JP JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK JP MB JK. Wrote the paper: NS LL TK JK VM MB. Obtained the patients data: MB VM.