About the Authors

Ana R. Ribeiro

analopes@ineb.up.pt

Affiliations INEB- Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Biomaterials Division, NEWTherapies Group, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, FEUP- Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Engenharia Metalúrgica e de Materiais, Porto, Portugal

Alice Barbaglio

Affiliation Biology Department, University of Milan, Milano, Italy

Cristiano D. Benedetto

Affiliation Biology Department, University of Milan, Milano, Italy

Cristina C. Ribeiro

Affiliations INEB- Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Biomaterials Division, NEWTherapies Group, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, ISEP- Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Departamento de Física, Porto, Portugal

Iain C. Wilkie

Affiliation Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland

Maria D. C. Carnevali

Affiliation Biology Department, University of Milan, Milano, Italy

Mário A. Barbosa

Affiliations INEB- Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Biomaterials Division, NEWTherapies Group, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, FEUP- Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Engenharia Metalúrgica e de Materiais, Porto, Portugal, ICBAS- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARR AB CCR ICW MDCC MAB. Performed the experiments: ARR AB CDB. Analyzed the data: ARR AB CCR ICW MDCC MAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDCC MAB. Wrote the paper: ARR AB CCR ICW MDCC MAB.