About the Authors

Nikolaos Sismanopoulos

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Allergy Clinical Research Center, Allergy Section, Attikon General Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece

Danae A. Delivanis

Current address: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Konstantinos D. Alysandratos

Current address: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Allergy Clinical Research Center, Allergy Section, Attikon General Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece

Asimenia Angelidou

Current address: University of Texas Southwestern, Childrens Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Allergy Clinical Research Center, Allergy Section, Attikon General Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece

Magdalini Vasiadi

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Allergy Clinical Research Center, Allergy Section, Attikon General Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece

Anastasia Therianou

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, First Department of Dermatology, A. Sygros Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece

Theoharis C. Theoharides

theoharis.theoharides@tufts.edu

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Allergy Clinical Research Center, Allergy Section, Attikon General Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NS TCT. Performed the experiments: NS DAD KDA AA. Analyzed the data: NS TCT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MV AT. Wrote the paper: NS TCT.