About the Authors

Silvia Mora-Lee

Contributed equally to this work with: Silvia Mora-Lee, Mª Salomé Sirerol-Piquer

Affiliation Hematology and Cell Therapy Area, Clinica Universidad de Navarra and Division of Cancer, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Mª Salomé Sirerol-Piquer

Contributed equally to this work with: Silvia Mora-Lee, Mª Salomé Sirerol-Piquer

Affiliation Department of Comparative Neurobiology, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutive Biology, University of Valencia, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Valencia, Spain

María Gutiérrez-Pérez

Affiliation Hematology and Cell Therapy Area, Clinica Universidad de Navarra and Division of Cancer, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Ulises Gomez-Pinedo

Affiliation Laboratorio de Medicina Regenerativa, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Valerie D. Roobrouck

Affiliation Stem Cell Institute, K. U. Leuven, Belgium

Tania López

Affiliation Hematology and Cell Therapy Area, Clinica Universidad de Navarra and Division of Cancer, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Mayte Casado-Nieto

Affiliation Department of Comparative Neurobiology, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutive Biology, University of Valencia, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Valencia, Spain

Gloria Abizanda

Affiliation Hematology and Cell Therapy Area, Clinica Universidad de Navarra and Division of Cancer, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Maria Teresa Rabena

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Catherine Verfaille

Affiliation Stem Cell Institute, K. U. Leuven, Belgium

Felipe Prósper

J.Manuel.Garcia@uv.es (JMGV); fprosper@unav.es (FP)

Affiliation Hematology and Cell Therapy Area, Clinica Universidad de Navarra and Division of Cancer, Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Jose Manuel García-Verdugo

J.Manuel.Garcia@uv.es (JMGV); fprosper@unav.es (FP)

Affiliation Department of Comparative Neurobiology, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutive Biology, University of Valencia, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Valencia, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGP MSSP UGP FP JMGV. Performed the experiments: SML MCN TL. Analyzed the data: MR MSSP CV FP JMGV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FP JMGV. Wrote the paper: MSSP VR CV FP JMGV. Surgery and animal care: GA.