About the Authors

Olga Martinho

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, Health Sciences School, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Sara Granja

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, Health Sciences School, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Teresa Jaraquemada

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal

Cláudia Caeiro

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal

Vera Miranda-Gonçalves

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, Health Sciences School, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Mrinalini Honavar

Affiliation Department of Pathology of Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos, Portugal

Paulo Costa

Affiliation Institute CUF, Porto, Portugal

Margarida Damasceno

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal

Marsha R. Rosner

Affiliation Ben May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

José M. Lopes

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal, Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal, IPATIMUP, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Rui M. Reis

rreis@ecsaude.uminho.pt

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, Health Sciences School, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal, Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OM RR. Performed the experiments: OM SG TJ CC VM-G. Analyzed the data: OM MR RR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH PC MD JL. Wrote the paper: OM MR JL RR.