About the Authors

María Carmen Cénit

Contributed equally to this work with: María Carmen Cénit, Ana Márquez

Affiliation Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN, CSIC, Granada, Spain

Ana Márquez

Contributed equally to this work with: María Carmen Cénit, Ana Márquez

anamaort@ipb.csic.es

Affiliation Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN, CSIC, Granada, Spain

Miguel Cordero-Coma

Affiliation Ophthalmology Department, Hospital de León, León, Spain

Marina Begoña Gorroño-Echebarría

Affiliation Ophthalmology Department, Hospital Universitario Principe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, Spain

Alejandro Fonollosa

Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Cruces, Bilbao, Spain

Alfredo Adán

Affiliation Ophthalmology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

Agustín Martínez-Berriotxoa

Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de Cruces, Bilbao, Spain

David Díaz Valle

Affiliation Ophthalmology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain

Esperanza Pato

Affiliation Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain

Ricardo Blanco

Affiliation Rheumatology Department, Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, IFIMAV, Santander, Spain

Joaquín Cañal

Affiliation Ophthalmology Department, Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain

Manuel Díaz-Llopis

Affiliation Ophthalmology Department, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain

José Luis García Serrano

Affiliation Ophthalmology Department, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain

Enrique de Ramón

Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain

María José del Rio

Affiliation Ophthalmology Department, Hospital Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain

José Manuel Martín-Villa

Affiliation Immunology Department, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Blanca Molins

Affiliation Ophthalmology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

Norberto Ortego-Centeno

Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain

Javier Martín

Affiliation Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN, CSIC, Granada, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM MCC AM. Performed the experiments: MCC AM. Analyzed the data: MCC AM MC-C MBG-E AF AA AM-B DDV EP RB JC MD-L JLGS ER MJR JMM-V BM NO-C JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC-C MBG-E AF AA AM-B DDV EP RB JC MD-L JLGS ER MJR JMM-V BM NO-C JM. Wrote the manuscript: MCC AM.