About the Authors

Adilson Kleber Ferreira

Affiliations Biochemistry and Biophysical Laboratory, Butantan Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Experimental Physiopathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Vanessa Morais Freitas

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Débora Levy

Affiliation Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Hematology (LIM-31), Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Jorge Luiz Mária Ruiz

Affiliation Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Hematology (LIM-31), Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sergio Paulo Bydlowski

Affiliation Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Hematology (LIM-31), Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Rose Eli Grassi Rici

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Faculty of the Veterinary Medicine and Zootecny, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Otaviano Mendonça R. Filho

Affiliation University of Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Gilberto Orivaldo Chierice

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Polymers Technology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, Brazil

Durvanei Augusto Maria

durvanei@usp.br

Affiliations Biochemistry and Biophysical Laboratory, Butantan Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Experimental Physiopathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKF VMF DAM. Performed the experiments: AKF VMF DL JLMR REGR. Analyzed the data: AKF OMRF GOC SPB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GOC SPB. Wrote the paper: AKF.