About the Authors

Alexandra Silva

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

Belém Sampaio-Marques

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

Ângela Fernandes

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

Laura Carreto

Affiliation Department of Biology and Centre d’Enseignement de la Statistique Appliquée à la Médecine, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Fernando Rodrigues

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

Martin Holcik

Affiliation Apoptosis Research Centre, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Manuel A. S. Santos

Affiliation Department of Biology and Centre d’Enseignement de la Statistique Appliquée à la Médecine, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Paula Ludovico

pludovico@ecsaude.uminho.pt

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FR MH MASS PL. Performed the experiments: AS BSM AF LC. Analyzed the data: AS LC FR MH MASS PL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH MASS PL. Wrote the paper: FR MH MASS PL.