Dias, Inês E.
Franchi-Mendes, Teresa
Fernandes-Platzgummer, Ana
Dias, Isabel R.
Viegas, Carlos A.
Spee, Bart
Carvalho, Pedro P.
da Silva, Cláudia L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2021.06827.BD)
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (UI/00772: CECAV – Centre for Animal Sciences and Veterinary Studies and LA/P/0059/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/LA/P/0059/2020), and also UID/04033/2023: CITAB – Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences and LA/P/0126/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/LA/P/0126/2020).)
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (UIDB/04565/2020 of IBB – Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences and LA/P/0140/2020 of the Associated Laboratory i4HB)
Article History
Received: 26 June 2025
Accepted: 14 November 2025
First Online: 5 December 2025
Declarations
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: Ethics Committee of the Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama, Coimbra, Portugal, License number 32/2024. The animal’s owners have also provided informed consent for adipose tissue sample obtaining and utilization in this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.