About the Authors
- Claudia C. Branco
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Contributed equally to this work with: Claudia C. Branco, Cidália T. Gomes, Laura De Fez
Affiliations Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal, BioISI – Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Cidália T. Gomes
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Contributed equally to this work with: Claudia C. Branco, Cidália T. Gomes, Laura De Fez
Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
- Laura De Fez
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Contributed equally to this work with: Claudia C. Branco, Cidália T. Gomes, Laura De Fez
Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
- Sara Bulhões
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Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
- Maria José Brilhante
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Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
- Tânia Pereirinha
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Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
- Rita Cabral
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Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
- Ana Catarina Rego
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Affiliation Gastroenterology Department, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
- Cristina Fraga
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Affiliation Hematology Department, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
- António G. Miguel
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Affiliation Pneumology Department, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
- Gracinda Brasil
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Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
- Paula Macedo
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Affiliation Internal Medicine Department, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
- Luisa Mota-Vieira
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* E-mail: Luisa.MQ.Vieira@azores.gov.pt
Affiliations Molecular Genetics and Pathology Unit, Hospital of Divino Espirito Santo of Ponta Delgada, EPE, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal, BioISI – Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LMV CCB. Performed the experiments: CCB CTG LF SB MJB TP RC. Analyzed the data: CCB LMV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LMV ACR CF AGM GB PM. Wrote the paper: CCB LMV.