About the Authors

André Albergaria

Contributed equally to this work with: André Albergaria, Carlos Resende

Affiliations Cancer Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of Porto University (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal

Carlos Resende

Contributed equally to this work with: André Albergaria, Carlos Resende

Affiliation Cancer Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of Porto University (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal

Ana Rita Nobre

Affiliations Cancer Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of Porto University (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Institute of Biomedical Sciences of Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Porto, Portugal

Ana Sofia Ribeiro

Affiliation Cancer Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of Porto University (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal

Bárbara Sousa

Affiliations Cancer Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of Porto University (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Institute of Biomedical Sciences of Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Porto, Portugal

José Carlos Machado

Affiliations Cancer Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of Porto University (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal

Raquel Seruca

Affiliations Cancer Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of Porto University (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal

Joana Paredes

Affiliations Cancer Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of Porto University (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal

Fernando Schmitt

fschmitt@ipatimup.pt

Affiliations Cancer Genetics Group, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of Porto University (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal, Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA CR JP JCM RS FS. Performed the experiments: AA CR BS ARN ASR. Analyzed the data: AA JP FS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA CR JCM JP. Wrote the paper: AA JP FS.