Marques, Bárbara S.
Mendes, Maria
Alves, José Luís
Pais, Alberto
Vitorino, Carla https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3424-548X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (2022.06174.PTDC)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UID/PRR/00313/2025)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UID/00313/2025)
Universidade de Coimbra
Article History
Received: 12 April 2026
Accepted: 21 June 2026
First Online: 15 July 2026
Declarations
Funding: The authors also acknowledge Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) for funding project 2022.06174.PTDC. The figures were created with BioRender.com.
Conflicts of Interest: Bárbara S. Marques, Maria Mendes, José Luís Alves, Alberto Pais, and Carla Vitorino have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
Ethics Approval: Not applicable.
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Availability of Data and Material: Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study.
Code Availability: Not applicable.
Authors’ Contributions: BSM contributed to conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, investigation, and writing of the original draft. MM and CV contributed to conceptualization and formal analysis, reviewed and edited the manuscript, and supervised the study. JLA and AP reviewed and edited the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.