S. Stefanovic, Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation, Investigation, Writing -original draft, Writing -review and editing

, Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation, Investigation, Writing -review and editing; Jean-Pierre Desvignes, Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology; Fabienne Lescroart, Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation, Investigation, Brigitte Laforest

L. Argiro, Formal analysis, Validation, Investigation

C. Maurel-zaffran, Formal analysis, Investigation; David Salgado, Conceptualization

, Elise Plaindoux, Data curation, Formal analysis

C. Bono, Data curation

K. Pazur and M. Thé-veniau-ruissy, Christophe Bé roud

, Anthony Gavalas, Resources

G. Robert and . Kelly, Resources, Funding acquisition, Writing -review and editing

S. Zaffran, Conceptualization, Resources, Data curation, Supervision, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing -original draft, Project administration, Writing -review and editing Author ORCIDs Brigitte Laforest

, Fabienne Lescroart

, Michel Puceat

, Stephane Zaffran

, Ethics Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. All animal procedures were carried out under protocols approved by a national appointed ethical committee for animal experimentation (Ministè re de l'Education Nationale, de l'Enseignement Supé rieur et de la Recherche

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