About the Authors

Gabriela Trigo

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal, Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (IBB), Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

Teresa G. Martins

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

Alexandra G. Fraga

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

Adhemar Longatto-Filho

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal, Laboratory of Medical Investigation (LIM), Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil

António G. Castro

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

Joana Azeredo

Affiliation Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (IBB), Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

Jorge Pedrosa

jpedrosa@ecsaude.uminho.pt

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GT AGC JA JP. Performed the experiments: GT TGM AGF. Analyzed the data: GT ALF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP AGC. Wrote the paper: GT AGF AGC JA JP.