About the Authors

Leonor Remédio

Affiliations Angiogenesis Lab, CIPM, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, IPOLFG, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal, CEDOC, FCM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

Tânia Carvalho

Affiliations Angiogenesis Lab, CIPM, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, IPOLFG, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal, CEDOC, FCM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

Francisco Caiado

Affiliations Angiogenesis Lab, CIPM, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, IPOLFG, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal, CEDOC, FCM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

Ana Bastos-Carvalho

Affiliations Angiogenesis Lab, CIPM, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, IPOLFG, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal, CEDOC, FCM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, Programme for Advanced Medical Education, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte and Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte and Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Diana Martins

Affiliation Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal

António Duarte

Affiliation CIISA, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Hideo Yagita

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Sergio Dias

sergiodias@fm.ul.pt

Current address: Neo-vascularization Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Affiliations Angiogenesis Lab, CIPM, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, IPOLFG, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal, CEDOC, FCM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LR SD. Performed the experiments: LR TC FC ABC. Analyzed the data: LR SD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM HY AD. Wrote the paper: LR SD.