About the Authors

Joana Gomes

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institut Pasteur, Unité de Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, Paris, France

Ana Magalhães

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Ana S. Carvalho

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Gilberto E. Hernandez

Affiliation The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Suzanne L. Papp

Affiliation The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Steven R. Head

Affiliation The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Valérie Michel

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité de Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, Paris, France

Leonor David

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Fátima Gärtner

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Eliette Touati

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité de Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, Paris, France

Celso A. Reis

celsor@ipatimup.pt

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JG ET CAR. Performed the experiments: JG AM ASC GEH SLP VM. Analyzed the data: JG AM ASC GEH SLP SRH LD FG ET CAR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG SRH ET CAR. Wrote the paper: JG CAR.