About the Authors

Márcia M. Aranha

Affiliation Research Institute for Medicines and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Daniela M. Santos

Affiliation Research Institute for Medicines and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Susana Solá

Affiliation Research Institute for Medicines and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Clifford J. Steer

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Cecília M. P. Rodrigues

cmprodrigues@ff.ul.pt

Affiliation Research Institute for Medicines and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMA CMPR. Performed the experiments: MMA. Analyzed the data: MMA DMS SS CMPR. Wrote the paper: MMA SS CJS CMPR.