About the Authors

Nele Boeykens

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, Antwerp Surgical Training and Research Centre, University of Antwerp/University Hospital of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Peter Ponsaerts

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Vaxinfectio), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Annemie Van der Linden

Affiliation BioImaging Laboratory, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Zwi Berneman

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute (Vaxinfectio), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Dirk Ysebaert

Dirk.Ysebaert@uza.be

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, Antwerp Surgical Training and Research Centre, University of Antwerp/University Hospital of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Kathleen De Greef

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, Antwerp Surgical Training and Research Centre, University of Antwerp/University Hospital of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NB PP DY KDG. Performed the experiments: NB. Analyzed the data: NB PP DY KDG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PP ZB AVDL DY KDG. Wrote the manuscript: NB PP DY KDG.