About the Authors

Ana Teixeira-Silva

Affiliations IPATIMUP-Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, FCUP-Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Raquel M. Silva

Affiliation IPATIMUP-Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

João Carneiro

Affiliations IPATIMUP-Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, FCUP-Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

António Amorim

Affiliations IPATIMUP-Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, FCUP-Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Luísa Azevedo

lazevedo@ipatimup.pt

Affiliation IPATIMUP-Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ATS LA. Performed the experiments: ATS JC LA. Analyzed the data: ATS RMS JC AA LA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMS LA AA. Wrote the paper: ATS LA.