About the Authors

Joana Duarte

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

Ana Agua-Doce

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

Vanessa G. Oliveira

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal

João Eurico Fonseca

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal

Luis Graca

lgraca@fm.ul.pt

Affiliations Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, University of Lisbon, 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: JD JEF LG. Performed the experiments: JD AAD VO. Analyzed the data: JD AAD VO JEF LG. Wrote the paper: JD JEF LG.