About the Authors

Lilach Soreq

Affiliation Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Adi Gilboa-Geffen

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, The Faculty of Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Sonia Berrih-Aknin

Affiliations University Paris-Sud, UMR 8162, Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, Paris, France, CNRS, Le Plessis Robinson, Paris, France

Paul Lacoste

Affiliations University Paris-Sud, UMR 8162, Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Le Plessis Robinson, Paris, France, CNRS, Le Plessis Robinson, Paris, France

Ariel Darvasi

Affiliation Department of Genetics, The Faculty of Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Eyal Soreq

Affiliation Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel

Hagai Bergman

Affiliation Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Hermona Soreq

soreq@cc.huji.ac.il

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, The Faculty of Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS LS. Performed the experiments: LS AG. Analyzed the data: LS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS LS. Wrote the paper: HS LS SB ES. Other: General guidance: HB AD. Contributed thymus samples: PL SB. Contributed graphic models: ES.