About the Authors

Jenny Carmona

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

Andrea Cruz

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

Lucia Moreira-Teixeira

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

Carole Sousa

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

Jeremy Sousa

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

Nuno S. Osorio

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

Ana L. Saraiva

Affiliation Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama (EUVG), Coimbra, Portugal

Stefan Svenson

Affiliation Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Gunilla Kallenius

Affiliation Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Jorge Pedrosa

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

Fernando Rodrigues

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

Antonio G. Castro

acastro@ecsaude.uminho.pt (AGC); msaraiva@ecsaude.uminho.pt (MS)

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

Margarida Saraiva

acastro@ecsaude.uminho.pt (AGC); msaraiva@ecsaude.uminho.pt (MS)

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: JC LMT JP FR AGC MS. Performed the experiments: JC AC LMT CS JS NSO ALS. Analyzed the data: JC AC LMT SS GK JP FR AGC MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS GK. Wrote the paper: JC LMT AGC MS.