About the Authors

Armond Daci

Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo, Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Giangiacomo Beretta

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Driton Vllasaliu

Affiliation University of Lincoln, School of Pharmacy, Joseph Banks Laboratories, Green Lane, Lincoln, LN6 7DL, United Kingdom

Aida Shala

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo

Valbona Govori

Affiliation Neurology Clinic, University Clinical Center of Kosova, Prishtina, Kosovo

Giuseppe Danilo Norata

Affiliations Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, Center for the Study of Atherosclerosis, Ospedale Bassini, Cinisello Balsamo, Italy

Shaip Krasniqi

shaip.krasniqi@uni-pr.edu

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. This study was partly supported by the SIGMA which is a project for academic exchange program founded by the European Commission (Critical Skills Learning for Innovation, Sustainable Growth Mobility and Employ Ability in the Multicultural Environment of the Western Balkans; contract numbers: SIGM1200261, SIGM1200277). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AD GDN GB SHK. Performed the experiments: AD SHK GB AS VG. Analyzed the data: AD GDN GB SHK DV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AD GB GDN SHK. Wrote the paper: AD SHK GDN GB DV.