About the Authors

Peter Vervaeke

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Marijke Alen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Sam Noppen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Dominique Schols

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Pasqua Oreste

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Glycores 2000 S.r.l., Milan, Italy

Sandra Liekens

sandra.liekens@rega.kuleuven.be

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PV SL. Performed the experiments: PV SN MA. Analyzed the data: PV SL DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PO. Wrote the paper: PV SL.