About the Authors

Irma Pujol-Autonell

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Badalona, Spain

Rosa-Maria Ampudia

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Badalona, Spain

Raquel Planas

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Badalona, Spain

Silvia Marin-Gallen

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Badalona, Spain

Jorge Carrascal

Affiliation Immunology Unit, Dept. of Ciencies Basiques Mediques, University of Lleida & IRBLleida, Lleida, Spain

Alex Sanchez

Affiliation Research Institute Vall d’Hebron, University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Ana Marin

Affiliation Research Institute Vall d’Hebron, University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Manuel Puig-Domingo

Affiliation Endocrinology and Nutrition Section. University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain

Ricardo Pujol-Borrell

Affiliation Research Institute Vall d’Hebron, University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Joan Verdaguer

Affiliation Immunology Unit, Dept. of Ciencies Basiques Mediques, University of Lleida & IRBLleida, Lleida, Spain

Marta Vives-Pi

mvives.liradbst.germanstrias@gencat.cat

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Badalona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IPA RMA RP SMG JV MVP. Performed the experiments: IPA RMA JC MVP. Analyzed the data: IPA AS AM RPB JV MVP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IPA RMA RP SMG JC AS AM MPD RPB MVP. Wrote the paper: IPA AS MPD JV MVP.