About the Authors

Lucia Mariano da Rocha Silla

lsilla@hcpa.ufrgs.br

Affiliations Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Associação dos Amigos da Hematologia do Hospital de Clinicas de porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Laboratory of Cell Culture and Molecular Analysis of Hematopoietic Cells, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Alice Zelmanowicz

Affiliation Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Ingrid Mito

Affiliation Associação dos Amigos da Hematologia do Hospital de Clinicas de porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Mariana Michalowski

Affiliations Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Tania Hellwing

Affiliation Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Marco Antonio Shilling

Affiliation University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

João Ricardo Friedrisch

Affiliation Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Christina M. Bittar

Affiliation Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Cristina Arthmar Mentz Albrecht

Affiliation Associação dos Amigos da Hematologia do Hospital de Clinicas de porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Elaine Scapinello

Affiliation Associação dos Amigos da Hematologia do Hospital de Clinicas de porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Claudia Conti

Affiliation Associação dos Amigos da Hematologia do Hospital de Clinicas de porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Marcia Arthmar Mentz Albrecht

Affiliation Associação dos Amigos da Hematologia do Hospital de Clinicas de porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Letícia Baggio

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Culture and Molecular Analysis of Hematopoietic Cells, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Annelise Pezzi

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Culture and Molecular Analysis of Hematopoietic Cells, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Bruna Amorin

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Culture and Molecular Analysis of Hematopoietic Cells, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Vanessa Valim

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Culture and Molecular Analysis of Hematopoietic Cells, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Laura Fogliatto

Affiliations Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Alessandra Paz

Affiliation Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Claudia Astigarraga

Affiliation Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Rosane Isabel Bittencourt

Affiliation Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Gustavo Fischer

Affiliation Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Liane Daudt

Affiliations Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS AZ IM MM TH MS JF CB CA ES CC MA LB AP BA VV LF AP CA RB GF LD. Performed the experiments: LS AZ IM MM TH MS JF CB CA ES CC MA LB AP BA VV LF AP CA RB GF LD. Analyzed the data: LS AZ IM MM TH MS JF CB CA ES CC MA LB AP BA VV LF AP CA RB GF LD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LS CC. Wrote the paper: LS AZ IM MM TH MS JF CB CA ES CC MA LB AP BA VV LF AP CA RB GF LD. Speaker: LS JF CB ES LF AP CA RB GF LD. Coordination of the study in the South Region of the State: TH. Coordination of the study in the North Region of the State: MS.