About the Authors

Marina de Moraes Mourão

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Nathalie Dinguirard

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Glória R. Franco

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Timothy P. Yoshino

yoshinot@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MdMM GRF TPY. Performed the experiments: MdMM ND. Analyzed the data: MdMM ND TPY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TPY. Wrote the paper: MdMM ND TPY. Reviewed and revised the manuscript: GRF. Secured CAPES fellowship support for MdMM to conduct the reported research: GRF.