About the Authors

Ana Sofia Rodrigues

Affiliations PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, CNC—Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, CNC—Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Marcelo Correia

Affiliations PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, CNC—Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, CNC—Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (IIIUC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Andreia Gomes

Affiliations PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, CNC—Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (IIIUC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Biocant—Center of Innovation in Biotechnology, Cantanhede, Portugal

Sandro L. Pereira

Affiliation CNC—Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Tânia Perestrelo

Affiliations PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, CNC—Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, CNC—Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (IIIUC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Maria Inês Sousa

Affiliations CNC—Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

João Ramalho-Santos

jramalho@ci.uc.pt

Affiliations CNC—Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASR MC AG SLP JRS. Performed the experiments: ASR AG MC TP MIS. Analyzed the data: ASR SLP MC MIS JRS. Wrote the paper: ASR JRS.