About the Authors

Christina Eftychi

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Vari, Greece

Niki Karagianni

Current address: Biomedcode Hellas SA, Vari, Greece

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Vari, Greece

Maria Alexiou

Current address: Center for Dental Medicine, Institute of Oral Biology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Vari, Greece

Maria Apostolaki

† Deceased.

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Vari, Greece

George Kollias

g.kollias@fleming.gr

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Vari, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CE NK M. Apostolaki GK. Performed the experiments: CE M. Alexiou. Analyzed the data: CE NK M. Apostolaki GK. Wrote the paper: CE M. Apostolaki GK.