About the Authors

Izaque S. Maciel

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Medicine and Health Sciencies, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil

Rodrigo B. M. Silva

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Medicine and Health Sciencies, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil

Fernanda B. Morrone

Affiliations Postgraduate Program in Medicine and Health Sciencies, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil, Institute of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil

João B. Calixto

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis/SC, Brazil

Maria M. Campos

camposmmartha@yahoo.com

Affiliations Postgraduate Program in Medicine and Health Sciencies, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil, Institute of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil, Faculty of Dentistry, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ISM MMC. Performed the experiments: ISM RBMS. Analyzed the data: ISM MMC FBM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ISM MMC FBM JBC. Wrote the manuscript: ISM JBC MMC.