About the Authors

Sergio Cardoso

Affiliation BIOMICs Research Group, Centro de Investigación “Lascaray” Ikergunea, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Laura Valverde

Affiliation BIOMICs Research Group, Centro de Investigación “Lascaray” Ikergunea, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Miguel A. Alfonso-Sánchez

Affiliation BIOMICs Research Group, Centro de Investigación “Lascaray” Ikergunea, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Leire Palencia-Madrid

Affiliation BIOMICs Research Group, Centro de Investigación “Lascaray” Ikergunea, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Xabier Elcoroaristizabal

Affiliation BIOMICs Research Group, Centro de Investigación “Lascaray” Ikergunea, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Jaime Algorta

Affiliations Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain, Progenika Biopharma, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio-Bizkaia, Spain

Susana Catarino

Affiliation Progenika Biopharma, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio-Bizkaia, Spain

David Arteta

Affiliation Progenika Biopharma, Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio-Bizkaia, Spain

Rene J. Herrera

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

María Teresa Zarrabeitia

Affiliation Unidad de Medicina Legal, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain

José A. Peña

Affiliation Departmento de Genética, Antropología Física y Fisiología Animal, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain

Marian M. de Pancorbo

marian.mdepancorbo@ehu.es

Affiliation BIOMICs Research Group, Centro de Investigación “Lascaray” Ikergunea, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Competing Interests

Susana Catarino and David Arteta are employed by the commercial company Progenika Biopharma. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors declare no competing interest in the content of this manuscript.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: S. Cardoso MAAS JA MMP. Performed the experiments: S. Cardoso LV LP XE. Analyzed the data: S. Cardoso LP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: S. Catarino DA MTZ JA JAP MMP. Wrote the paper: S. Cardoso MAAS RJH MMP. Critiqued and approved the manuscript: S. Cardoso LV MAAS LP XE JA S. Catarino DA RJH MTZ JAP MMP.