About the Authors

Cristina Lopes

clabreu@med.up.pt

Affiliations Laboratory of Immunology, Basic and Clinical Immunology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Immunoallergology Unit, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos, Portugal

Jose Soares

Affiliation CBQF–Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina–Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal

Freni Tavaria

Affiliation CBQF–Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina–Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal

Ana Duarte

Affiliation Dermatology Center Epidermis, Instituto CUF, Porto, Portugal

Osvaldo Correia

Affiliations Laboratory of Immunology, Basic and Clinical Immunology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Dermatology Center Epidermis, Instituto CUF, Porto, Portugal

Oksana Sokhatska

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, Basic and Clinical Immunology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Milton Severo

Affiliations Department of Medical Education and Simulation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Department of Epidemiology, Predictive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Diana Silva

Affiliations Laboratory of Immunology, Basic and Clinical Immunology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Immunoallergology Department, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal

Manuela Pintado

Affiliation CBQF–Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina–Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal

Luis Delgado

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, Basic and Clinical Immunology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Andre Moreira

Affiliations Laboratory of Immunology, Basic and Clinical Immunology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Immunoallergology Department, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL DS LD AM. Performed the experiments: CL JS FT AD OC DS. Analyzed the data: CL JS FT OS DS MS LD AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS OS. Wrote the paper: CL FT OS MS MP DS AM LD.