About the Authors

Sara Vicente

Affiliation Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology Department, Center for Research in Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases (CIMUS), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Belen Diaz-Freitas

Affiliation Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Research (IBIV), Biomedical Research Center (CINBIO), University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

Mercedes Peleteiro

Affiliation Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Research (IBIV), Biomedical Research Center (CINBIO), University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

Alejandro Sanchez

Affiliations Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology Department, School of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain

David W. Pascual

Affiliations Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases & Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Africa Gonzalez-Fernandez

Affiliation Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Research (IBIV), Biomedical Research Center (CINBIO), University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

Maria J. Alonso

mariaj.alonso@usc.es

Affiliation Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology Department, Center for Research in Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases (CIMUS), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Revised the manuscript: BDF MP AS DWP AGF MJA. Conceived and designed the experiments: SV BDF AS DWP AGF MJA. Performed the experiments: SV BDF MP DWP. Analyzed the data: SV BDF MP DWP AGF MJA. Wrote the paper: SV.