About the Authors

Lesley Tilleman

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Sasha De Henau

Affiliation Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Martje Pauwels

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Nora Nagy

Affiliations Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Institute of Structural Chemistry, Chemical Research Center of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Isabel Pintelon

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Bart P. Braeckman

Affiliation Department of Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Karolien De Wael

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Sabine Van Doorslaer

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Dirk Adriaensen

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Jean-Pierre Timmermans

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Luc Moens

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Sylvia Dewilde

sylvia.dewilde@ua.ac.be

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LT SDH BPB KDW SVD LM SD. Performed the experiments: LT SDH MP NN IP. Analyzed the data: LT SDH MP BPB KDW SVD DA J-PT LM SD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BPB KDW SVD DA J-PT LM SD. Wrote the paper: LT SDH BPB KDW SVD LM SD.