About the Authors

José M. Molina-Guijarro

Affiliation Departamento de Biología Celular, PharmaMar S.A., Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain

Álvaro Macías

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain

Carolina García

Affiliation Departamento Biofísica, Instituto de Química-Física “Rocasolano” (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

Eva Muñoz

Affiliation Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular (CSIC-UVA), Valladolid, Spain

Luis F. García-Fernández

Affiliation Departamento de Biología Celular, PharmaMar S.A., Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain

Miren David

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain

Lucía Núñez

Affiliation Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular (CSIC-UVA), Valladolid, Spain

Juan F. Martínez-Leal

Affiliation Departamento de Biología Celular, PharmaMar S.A., Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain

Victoria Moneo

Affiliation Departamento de Biología Celular, PharmaMar S.A., Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain

Carmen Cuevas

Affiliation Departamento de Biología Celular, PharmaMar S.A., Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain

M. Pilar Lillo

Affiliation Departamento Biofísica, Instituto de Química-Física “Rocasolano” (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

Carlos Villalobos Jorge

Affiliation Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular (CSIC-UVA), Valladolid, Spain

Carmen Valenzuela

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Alberto Sols” (CSIC-UAM), Madrid, Spain

Carlos M. Galmarini

cgalmarini@pharmamar.com

Affiliation Departamento de Biología Celular, PharmaMar S.A., Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

José M Molina-Guijarro, Luis Francisco García-Fernández, Juan Fernando Martínez-Leal, Victoria Moneo, Carmen Cuevas and Carlos M. Galmarini are employees and shareholders of PharmaMar S.A. Actual patent application of Irvalec belongs to PharmaMar S.A. There are no products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC MPL CV CVJ CMG. Performed the experiments: JMMG AM CG EM LFGF MD LN JFML VM. Analyzed the data: JMMG AM CG EM LFGF MD LN JFML VM CC MPL CV CVJ CMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMMG AM CG EM LFGF MD LN JFML VM CC MPL CV CVJ CMG. Wrote the paper: JMMG AM CG EM LFGF MD LN JFML VM CC MPL CV CVJ CMG.