About the Authors

Regina Sordi

Affiliations The William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom, Capes Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasilia/DF, Brazil

Fausto Chiazza

Affiliation Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Nimesh S. A. Patel

Affiliation The William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Rachel A. Doyle

Affiliation The William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Massimo Collino

Affiliation Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Christoph Thiemermann

c.thiemermann@qmul.ac.uk

Affiliation The William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS NSAP. Performed the experiments: RS FC RAD. Analyzed the data: RS NSAP MC CT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC CT. Wrote the paper: RS NSAP CT.