About the Authors

Tadeusz Osadnik

tadeusz.osadnik@sccs.pl

Affiliations Third Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland, Genomics Laboratory, Kardio-Med Silesia Science and Technology Park, Zabrze, Poland

Joanna Katarzyna Strzelczyk

Affiliation Department of Medical and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Rafał Reguła

Affiliation Third Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Kamil Bujak

Affiliation Third Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Martyna Fronczek

Affiliations Third Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland, Genomics Laboratory, Kardio-Med Silesia Science and Technology Park, Zabrze, Poland

Małgorzata Gonera

Affiliation Third Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Marcin Gawlita

Affiliation Third Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Jarosław Wasilewski

Affiliation Third Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Andrzej Lekston

Affiliation Third Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Anna Kurek

Affiliation Third Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Marek Gierlotka

Affiliation Third Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Przemysław Trzeciak

Affiliation Third Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Michał Hawranek

Affiliation Third Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Zofia Ostrowska

Affiliation Department of Medical and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Andrzej Wiczkowski

Affiliation Department of Medical and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Lech Poloński

Affiliation Third Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Mariusz Gąsior

Affiliation Third Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine with the Division of Dentistry, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TO JKS LP AL. Performed the experiments: TO JKS RR KB MF M. Gonera M. Gawlita AK MH PT ZO AW. Analyzed the data: TO JKS JW M. Gierlotka ZO AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TO JKS MF JW M. Gąsior ZO AW. Wrote the paper: TO JKS RR KB JW M. Gierlotka ZO AW LP M. Gąsior.