About the Authors

Karla Menezes

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marcos Assis Nascimento

Affiliation Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Juliana Pena Gonçalves

Affiliation Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Aline Silva Cruz

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Daiana Vieira Lopes

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bianca Curzio

Affiliation National Institute of Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Martin Bonamino

Affiliation National Institute of Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

João Ricardo Lacerda de Menezes

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Radovan Borojevic

Affiliation Excellion, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Maria Isabel Doria Rossi

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tatiana Coelho-Sampaio

tcsampaio@histo.ufrj.br

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

Radovan Borojevic is an employee of the company Excellion. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KM MB JRLM RB MIDR TCS. Performed the experiments: KM MAN JPG ASC DVL BC JRLM. Analyzed the data: KM MAN JRLM RB MIDR TCS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB JRLM RB MIDR TCS. Wrote the paper: KM JRLM MIDR TCS.