About the Authors

Ana Mendanha Falcão

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

Joana Almeida Palha

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

Ana Catarina Ferreira

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

Fernanda Marques

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

Nuno Sousa

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

João Carlos Sousa

jcsousa@ecsaude.uminho.pt

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMF JAP NS JCS. Performed the experiments: AMF ACF FM. Analyzed the data: AMF JAP NS JCS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAP NS JCS. Wrote the paper: AMF JAP NS JCS.