About the Authors

Ana Moleirinho

Affiliation IPATIMUP - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

João Carneiro

Affiliations IPATIMUP - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Rune Matthiesen

Affiliation IPATIMUP - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Raquel M. Silva

Affiliation IPATIMUP - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

António Amorim

Affiliations IPATIMUP - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Luísa Azevedo

lazevedo@ipatimup.pt

Affiliation IPATIMUP - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA LA. Performed the experiments: AM JC RM LA. Analyzed the data: AM JC RM RMS AA LA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM AA LA. Wrote the paper: AA LA.