About the Authors
- André Ferreira-da-Silva
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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
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Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
- Elisabete Rios
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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
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Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
- Paula Soares
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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
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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
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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
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¶‡ 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
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* E-mail: 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.