About the Authors

Liesbeth Van Nieuwenhove

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Philippe Büscher

pbuscher@itg.be

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Fatima Balharbi

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Michael Humbert

Affiliations Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tessa Dieltjens

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Yves Guisez

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Veerle Lejon

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The results of this study have been the subject matter of a patent application based upon GB1202460.0, filed in the name of Institute of Tropical Medicine.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LVN FB MH PB VL. Performed the experiments: LVN FB. Analyzed the data: LVN FB PB VL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LVN TD YG. Wrote the paper: LVN MH TD YG PB VL.