About the Authors

Grissel Trujillo-de Santiago

Affiliations Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México, Harvard-MIT Helath Sciences and Technology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Cynthia Guadalupe Portales-Cabrera

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

Roberto Portillo-Lara

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

Diana Araiz-Hernández

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

Maria Cristina Del Barone

Affiliation Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Naples, Italy

Erika García-López

Affiliation Centro de Innovación en Diseño y Tecnología, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

Cecilia Rojas-de Gante

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

María de los Angeles De Santiago-Miramontes

Affiliation Departamento de Producción Animal, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Torreón, Coahuila, México

Juan Carlos Segoviano-Ramírez

Affiliation Unidad de Bio-imagen/Microscopía, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

Silverio García-Lara

Affiliation Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

Ciro Ángel Rodríguez-González

Affiliation Centro de Innovación en Diseño y Tecnología, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México

Mario Moisés Alvarez

mario.alvarez@itesm.mx (MMA); edimaio@unina.it (EDM)

Affiliations Centro de Biotecnología-FEMSA, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México, Harvard-MIT Helath Sciences and Technology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ernesto Di Maio

mario.alvarez@itesm.mx (MMA); edimaio@unina.it (EDM)

Affiliation Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Salvatore Iannace

Affiliation Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GTdS SI EDM MMA. Performed the experiments: GTdS RPL CGPC DAH EGL MCDB JCSR EDM. Analyzed the data: GTdS MMA MADSM EDM SI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCDB SGL CRdG CARG SI JCSR MADSM EDM. Wrote the paper: GTdS MMA EDM.