About the Authors

Paulo Marcos da Matta Guedes

Contributed equally to this work with: Paulo Marcos da Matta Guedes, Fredy R. S. Gutierrez

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and immunology, School of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Fredy R. S. Gutierrez

Contributed equally to this work with: Paulo Marcos da Matta Guedes, Fredy R. S. Gutierrez

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and immunology, School of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Flavia L. Maia

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and immunology, School of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Cristiane M. Milanezi

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and immunology, School of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Grace K. Silva

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and immunology, School of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Wander R. Pavanelli

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and immunology, School of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

João S. Silva

jsdsilva@fmrp.usp.br

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and immunology, School of Medicine at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMdMG FRSG JSS. Performed the experiments: PMdMG FRSG FLM CMM GKS WRP. Analyzed the data: PMdMG FRSG FLM CMM GKS JSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMdMG JSS. Wrote the paper: PMdMG FRSG JSS.