About the Authors

Benoît Stijlemans

bstijlem@vub.ac.be

Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, VIB, Brussels, Belgium

Guy Caljon

Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, VIB, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Animal Health, Unit of Veterinary Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium

Senthil Kumar A. Natesan

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Dirk Saerens

Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, VIB, Brussels, Belgium

Katja Conrath

Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, VIB, Brussels, Belgium

David Pérez-Morga

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium

Jeremy N. Skepper

Affiliation Multiimaging Centre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Alexandros Nikolaou

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Biochemical Pharmacology, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Lea Brys

Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, VIB, Brussels, Belgium

Etienne Pays

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium

Stefan Magez

Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, VIB, Brussels, Belgium

Mark C. Field

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Patrick De Baetselier

Contributed equally to this work with: Patrick De Baetselier, Serge Muyldermans

Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, VIB, Brussels, Belgium

Serge Muyldermans

Contributed equally to this work with: Patrick De Baetselier, Serge Muyldermans

Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, VIB, Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: B. Stijlemans, G. Caljon, S. Natesan, D. Saerens, D. Pérez-Morga, S. Magez, M. Field, P. Baetselier, S. Muyldermans. Performed the experiments: B. Stijlemans, G. Caljon, S. Natesan, D. Saerens, D. Pérez-Morga, J. Skepper, A. Nikolaou, L. Brys. Analyzed the data: B. Stijlemans, G. Caljon, S. Natesan, D. Saerens, D. Pérez-Morga, J. Skepper, M. Field, S. Muyldermans. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: B. Stijlemans, S. Natesan, K. Conrath, E. Pays, S. Magez, M. Field, P. Baetselier, S. Muyldermans. Wrote the paper: B. Stijlemans, G. Caljon, M. Field, P. Baetselier, S. Muyldermans.