About the Authors

Félicien Moukambi

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Québec Research Center, Faculty of Medecine, Laval University, Québec, Québec, Canada

Henintsoa Rabezanahary

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Québec Research Center, Faculty of Medecine, Laval University, Québec, Québec, Canada

Vasco Rodrigues

Affiliation CNRS FR3636, Faculty of Medecine des Saint-Pères, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France

Gina Racine

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Québec Research Center, Faculty of Medecine, Laval University, Québec, Québec, Canada

Lynda Robitaille

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Québec Research Center, Faculty of Medecine, Laval University, Québec, Québec, Canada

Bernard Krust

Affiliation CNRS FR3636, Faculty of Medecine des Saint-Pères, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France

Guadalupe Andreani

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Québec Research Center, Faculty of Medecine, Laval University, Québec, Québec, Canada

Calayselvy Soundaramourty

Affiliation CNRS FR3636, Faculty of Medecine des Saint-Pères, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France

Ricardo Silvestre

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's-PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga, Guimarães, Portugal

Mireille Laforge

‡ These authors co-supervised this project.

Affiliation CNRS FR3636, Faculty of Medecine des Saint-Pères, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France

Jérôme Estaquier

estaquier@yahoo.fr

‡ These authors co-supervised this project.

Affiliations Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Québec Research Center, Faculty of Medecine, Laval University, Québec, Québec, Canada, CNRS FR3636, Faculty of Medecine des Saint-Pères, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VR RS ML JE. Performed the experiments: FM HR VR GR LR CS. Analyzed the data: FM HR VR GR LR CS ML JE. Wrote the paper: FM HR VR GR BK GA ML JE.