About the Authors

Adriana S. Albuquerque

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

José G. Marques

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal

Susana L. Silva

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal

Dario Ligeiro

Affiliation Immunogenetics Laboratory, Centro de Histocompatibilidade do Sul – CHSul, Lisboa, Portugal

Blythe H. Devlin

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jacques Dutrieux

Affiliations Institut Cochin, Département Immunologie-Hematologie, Paris, France, Inserm, U567, Paris, France, CNRS, UMR 8104, Paris, France

Rémi Cheynier

Affiliations Institut Cochin, Département Immunologie-Hematologie, Paris, France, Inserm, U567, Paris, France, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine René Descartes, UMR-S 8104, Paris, France, CNRS, UMR 8104, Paris, France

Claudio Pignata

Affiliation Pediatric Immunology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, “Federico II” University, Naples, Italy

Rui M. M. Victorino

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal

M. Louise Markert

Affiliations Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Ana E. Sousa

asousa@fm.ul.pt

Affiliation Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASA AES. Performed the experiments: ASA DL JD RC CP. Analyzed the data: ASA JGM SLS BHD RMMV MLM AES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DL JD RC CP. Wrote the paper: AES.