About the Authors

Dora C. S. Pedroso

Affiliations Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Biocant, Centro de Inovação em Biotecnologia, Cantanhede, Portugal

Ana Tellechea

Affiliation Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Liane Moura

Affiliation Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Isabel Fidalgo-Carvalho

Affiliation Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal

João Duarte

Affiliation Crioestaminal, Cantanhede, Portugal

Eugénia Carvalho

Affiliation Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Lino Ferreira

lino@biocant.pt

Affiliations Centre for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Biocant, Centro de Inovação em Biotecnologia, Cantanhede, Portugal

Competing Interests

João Duarte is an employee of Crioestaminal, a stem cell company. This does not alter the adherence of authors to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DCSP EC LF. Performed the experiments: DCSP AT LM IFC JD LF. Analyzed the data: DCSP EC LF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IFC JD. Wrote the paper: DCSP LF.