About the Authors

Alessandra Guidi

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandra Guidi, Cristiana Lalli

Affiliation National Research Council, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Campus A. Buzzati-Traverso Monterotondo, Roma, Italy

Cristiana Lalli

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandra Guidi, Cristiana Lalli

Affiliation National Research Council, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Campus A. Buzzati-Traverso Monterotondo, Roma, Italy

Emerald Perlas

Affiliation European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Mouse Biology Unit, Monterotondo, Italy

Giulia Bolasco

Affiliation European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Mouse Biology Unit, Monterotondo, Italy

Martina Nibbio

Affiliation IRBM Science Park, Department of Preclinical Research, Pomezia, Italy

Edith Monteagudo

Affiliation IRBM Science Park, Department of Preclinical Research, Pomezia, Italy

Alberto Bresciani

Affiliation IRBM Science Park, Department of Biology, Pomezia, Italy

Giovina Ruberti

giovina.ruberti@cnr.it

Affiliation National Research Council, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Campus A. Buzzati-Traverso Monterotondo, Roma, Italy

Competing Interests

We have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests. We declare that AG, CL, GR and AB have pending patent pertinent to this article (PCT/EP2015/066264). We confirm that this does not alter our adherence to all PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases journal policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG CL GR. Performed the experiments: AG CL EP GB MN. Analyzed the data: AG CL EM AB GR. Wrote the paper: AG GR.