About the Authors

Eliane Soler Parra

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil, Department of Clinical Pathology, Lipid Laboratory and Center for Medicine and Experimental Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Natalia Baratella Panzoldo

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil, Department of Clinical Pathology, Lipid Laboratory and Center for Medicine and Experimental Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Vanessa Helena de Souza Zago

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, Lipid Laboratory and Center for Medicine and Experimental Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Daniel Zanetti Scherrer

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, Lipid Laboratory and Center for Medicine and Experimental Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Fernanda Alexandre

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, Lipid Laboratory and Center for Medicine and Experimental Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Jamal Bakkarat

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, Lipid Laboratory and Center for Medicine and Experimental Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Valeria Sutti Nunes

Affiliation Lipid Laboratory, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Edna Regina Nakandakare

Affiliation Lipid Laboratory, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Eder Carlos Rocha Quintão

Affiliation Lipid Laboratory, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Wilson Nadruz-Jr

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Eliana Cotta de Faria

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, Lipid Laboratory and Center for Medicine and Experimental Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Andrei C. Sposito

andreisposito@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ESP ACS ERN ECRQ ECDF VSN. Performed the experiments: ESP NBP VHDSZ DZS FA JB VSN. Analyzed the data: ESP NBP VHDSZ DZS ECDF ACS WN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ESP ACS. Wrote the paper: ESP NBP VHDSZ ACS WN.