About the Authors

Barbara K. Kondilis

Affiliations Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece, Hellenic American University, Athens, Greece

Ismene J. Kiriaze

Affiliations Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece, Hellenic American University, Athens, Greece

Anastasia P. Athanasoulia

Affiliation Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece

Matthew E. Falagas

m.falagas@aibs.gr

Affiliations Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF BK. Performed the experiments: IK. Analyzed the data: BK IK. Wrote the paper: BK. Other: Revised the paper: IK.