About the Authors

Marta Correia

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Unité de Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Valérie Michel

Affiliation Unité de Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

António A. Matos

Affiliations Serviço de Microscopia Electrónica, Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa, Portugal, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Aveiro University, Aveiro, Portugal

Patrícia Carvalho

Affiliations Serviço de Microscopia Electrónica, Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa, Portugal, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Aveiro University, Aveiro, Portugal

Maria J. Oliveira

Current address: Instituto Nacional Engenharia Biomédica (INEB), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Rui M. Ferreira

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Marie-Agnès Dillies

Affiliation Plate-forme Transcriptome et Epigénome, Génopole Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Michel Huerre

Current address: Institut Curie, Paris, France

Affiliation Unité de Recherche et d'Expertise en Histotechnologie et Pathologie, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Raquel Seruca

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Ceu Figueiredo

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Jose C. Machado

josem@ipatimup.pt (JCM); etouati@pasteur.fr (ET)

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Eliette Touati

josem@ipatimup.pt (JCM); etouati@pasteur.fr (ET)

Affiliation Unité de Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC JCM ET. Performed the experiments: MC VM AAM ET PC. Analyzed the data: MC AAM MJO MH JCM ET MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAM RMF RS CF. Wrote the paper: MC JCM ET.