About the Authors

Ângela M. Sousa Costa

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

Isabel Pereira-Castro

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

Elisabete Ricardo

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

Forrest Spencer

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Shannon Fisher

ltcosta@uevora.pt (LTdC) sfisher4@upenn.edu (SF)

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Luís Teixeira da Costa

ltcosta@uevora.pt (LTdC) sfisher4@upenn.edu (SF)

Affiliations IPATIMUP - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, ICAAM - Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Mediterranean Sciences, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMSC FS SF LTC. Performed the experiments: AMSC IP-C ER LTC. Analyzed the data: AMSC IP-C SF LTC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SF LTC. Wrote the manuscript: AMSC SF LTC.