About the Authors

André Ferreira-da-Silva

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Cristina Valacca

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Elisabete Rios

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Department of Pathology, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal

Helena Pópulo

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

Paula Soares

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Manuel Sobrinho-Simões

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Department of Pathology, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal

Luca Scorrano

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, Dulbecco Telethon Institute, Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padua, Italy, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy

Valdemar Máximo

‡ VM and SC are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Silvia Campello

silvia.campello@uniroma2.it

‡ VM and SC are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The co-author Luca Scorrano is not anymore a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member, since he has resigned before the date of the authors' submission. Thus nothing alters the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS VM SC. Performed the experiments: AFS CV HP. Analyzed the data: AFS CV HP ER MSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LS SC VM. Wrote the paper: AFS PS MSS LS SC VM.