About the Authors

Konstantinos Xanthopoulos

Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Magdalini Polymenidou

Affiliation Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Sue J. Bellworthy

Affiliation Pathology Department, Veterinary Laboratories Agency-Weybridge, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom

Sylvie L. Benestad

Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway

Theodoros Sklaviadis

sklaviad@auth.gr

Affiliations Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, Institute of Agrobiotechnology, Centre for Research and Technology, Thermi, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KX MP TS. Performed the experiments: KX MP. Analyzed the data: KX MP SB SLB TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB SLB. Wrote the paper: KX MP SB SLB TS.