About the Authors

Cristina Nogueira-Silva

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3Bs - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal

Paulina Piairo

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3Bs - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Emanuel Carvalho-Dias

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3Bs - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal, Department of Urology, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal

Francisca O. Peixoto

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3Bs - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Rute S. Moura

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3Bs - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Jorge Correia-Pinto

jcp@ecsaude.uminho.pt

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3Bs - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CN-S EC-D JC-P. Performed the experiments: CN-S PP EC-D FOP RSM. Analyzed the data: CN-S PP JC-P. Wrote the paper: CN-S PP RSM JC-P.