About the Authors

Giovanna Mottola

Affiliations UMR MD2, Aix-Marseille University and IRBA, Bd P Dramard, Marseille, France, Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy, CNRS UMR 7278, IRD198, INSERM U1095, UM63, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France

Nicolas Boucherit

Affiliation CNRS UMR 7278, IRD198, INSERM U1095, UM63, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France

Virginie Trouplin

Affiliation CNRS UMR 7278, IRD198, INSERM U1095, UM63, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France

Abdoulaye Oury Barry

Affiliation CNRS UMR 7278, IRD198, INSERM U1095, UM63, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France

Philippe Soubeyran

Affiliation INSERM U1068, CNRS UMR7258, UM105, CRCM-Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France

Jean-Louis Mege

Affiliation CNRS UMR 7278, IRD198, INSERM U1095, UM63, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France

Eric Ghigo

eric.ghigo@univ-amu.fr

Affiliation CNRS UMR 7278, IRD198, INSERM U1095, UM63, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EG JLM GM PS. Performed the experiments: NB GM AOB VT. Analyzed the data: EG JLM GM PS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EG JLM GM PS VT NB. Wrote the paper: EG JLM GM.