About the Authors

Renata R. Tonelli

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ricardo J. Giordano

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Elena Magda Barbu

Affiliation David H. Koch Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ana Claudia Torrecilhas

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Gerson S. Kobayashi

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Robert R. Langley

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Wadih Arap

Affiliation David H. Koch Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Renata Pasqualini

Affiliation David H. Koch Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Walter Colli

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Maria Júlia M. Alves

mjmalves@iq.usp.br

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RRT RJG WA RP WC MJMA. Performed the experiments: RRT RJG EMB ACT GSK RRL. Analyzed the data: RRT RJG WA RP WC MJMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJG RRL WA RP WC MJMA. Wrote the paper: RRT RJG WA RP WC MJMA.