About the Authors

Xiaoyun Yang

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan, Merelbeke, Belgium

Katrien Forier

Affiliations Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, Harelbekestraat, Ghent, Belgium, Center for Nano- and Biophotonics, Ghent University, Harelbekestraat, Ghent, Belgium

Lennert Steukers

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan, Merelbeke, Belgium

Sandra Van Vlierberghe

Affiliation Polymer Chemistry & Biomaterials Group, Ghent, Belgium

Peter Dubruel

Affiliation Polymer Chemistry & Biomaterials Group, Ghent, Belgium

Kevin Braeckmans

Affiliations Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Ghent University, Harelbekestraat, Ghent, Belgium, Center for Nano- and Biophotonics, Ghent University, Harelbekestraat, Ghent, Belgium

Sarah Glorieux

Contributed equally to this work with: Sarah Glorieux, Hans J. Nauwynck

Shared senior authors.

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan, Merelbeke, Belgium

Hans J. Nauwynck

Contributed equally to this work with: Sarah Glorieux, Hans J. Nauwynck

hans.nauwynck@ugent.be

Shared senior authors.

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan, Merelbeke, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XY KF SG HJN. Performed the experiments: XY KF SVV. Analyzed the data: XY KF KB LS SG HJN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB PD. Wrote the paper: XY LS.