About the Authors

Núria Climent

nucliment@yahoo.es

Affiliations Service of Immunology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-AIDS Research Group, and Catalonian Center for HIV Vaccines (HIVACAT), Barcelona, Spain

Susana Guerra

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain

Felipe García

Affiliations Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-AIDS Research Group, and Catalonian Center for HIV Vaccines (HIVACAT), Barcelona, Spain, Infectious Diseases and AIDS Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Cristina Rovira

Affiliations Service of Immunology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-AIDS Research Group, and Catalonian Center for HIV Vaccines (HIVACAT), Barcelona, Spain

Laia Miralles

Affiliations Service of Immunology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-AIDS Research Group, and Catalonian Center for HIV Vaccines (HIVACAT), Barcelona, Spain

Carmen Elena Gómez

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain

Núria Piqué

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Pharmacy Faculty, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Cristina Gil

Affiliations Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-AIDS Research Group, and Catalonian Center for HIV Vaccines (HIVACAT), Barcelona, Spain, Infectious Diseases and AIDS Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

José María Gatell

Affiliations Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-AIDS Research Group, and Catalonian Center for HIV Vaccines (HIVACAT), Barcelona, Spain, Infectious Diseases and AIDS Unit, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Mariano Esteban

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain

Teresa Gallart

Affiliations Service of Immunology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-AIDS Research Group, and Catalonian Center for HIV Vaccines (HIVACAT), Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TG NC SG FG. Performed the experiments: NC SG CR LM CG. Analyzed the data: NC TG FG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FG JMG CG CEG SG ME. Wrote the paper: NC NP TG SG.