About the Authors

Krzysztof Pyrc

Contributed equally to this work with: Krzysztof Pyrc, Karol Stożek

k.a.pyrc@uj.edu.pl

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biochemistry Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Karol Stożek

Contributed equally to this work with: Krzysztof Pyrc, Karol Stożek

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biochemistry Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Krzysztof Wojcik

Affiliations Division of Cell Biophysics, Faculty of Biochemistry Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

Katarzyna Gawron

Affiliation Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biochemistry Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Slawomir Zeglen

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland

Wojciech Karolak

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland

Jacek Wojarski

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland

Marek Ochman

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland

Magdalena Hubalewska-Mazgaj

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

Grazyna Bochenek

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

Marek Sanak

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

Marian Zembala

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, Silesian Center for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Poland

Andrzej Szczeklik

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

Jan Potempa

Affiliations Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biochemistry Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, Oral Health and Systemic Disease Research Group, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KP KS. Performed the experiments: KP KS. Analyzed the data: KP KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KW SZ WK JW MO MH GB MS MZ AS KG. Wrote the paper: KP KS JP.