About the Authors

Florencia Belén González

Affiliation Institute of Clinical and Experimental Immunology of Rosario (IDICER CONICET-UNR), Rosario, Argentina

Flavia Calmon-Hamaty

Affiliation Laboratory on Thymus Research, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Synara Nô Seara Cordeiro

Affiliation Laboratory of Innovations in Therapy, Teaching and Bioproducts, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rodrigo Fernández Bussy

Affiliation Institute of Clinical and Experimental Immunology of Rosario (IDICER CONICET-UNR), Rosario, Argentina

Silvana Virginia Spinelli

Affiliation Institute of Clinical and Experimental Immunology of Rosario (IDICER CONICET-UNR), Rosario, Argentina

Luciano D'Attilio

Affiliation Institute of Clinical and Experimental Immunology of Rosario (IDICER CONICET-UNR), Rosario, Argentina

Oscar Bottasso

Affiliation Institute of Clinical and Experimental Immunology of Rosario (IDICER CONICET-UNR), Rosario, Argentina

Wilson Savino

Affiliation Laboratory on Thymus Research, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Vinícius Cotta-de-Almeida

Affiliation Laboratory on Thymus Research, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Silvina Raquel Villar

Affiliation Institute of Clinical and Experimental Immunology of Rosario (IDICER CONICET-UNR), Rosario, Argentina

Ana Rosa Pérez

perez@idicer-conicet.gob.ar, perez_anarosa@yahoo.com.ar

Affiliation Institute of Clinical and Experimental Immunology of Rosario (IDICER CONICET-UNR), Rosario, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARP VCdA SRV WS. Performed the experiments: FBG FCH SNSC RFB SVS LD. Analyzed the data: FBG FCH SNSC VCdA ARP SRV OB WS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ARP VCdA WS OB. Wrote the paper: ARP VCdA OB WS.