About the Authors

Talita Signoreti Graziano

Contributed equally to this work with: Talita Signoreti Graziano, Maria Claudia Cuzzullin, Francisco Carlos Groppo, Karina Cogo-Müller

Affiliation Pharmacology, Anesthesiology and Therapeutics, Department of Physiological Sciences, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Maria Claudia Cuzzullin

Contributed equally to this work with: Talita Signoreti Graziano, Maria Claudia Cuzzullin, Francisco Carlos Groppo, Karina Cogo-Müller

Affiliation Pharmacology, Anesthesiology and Therapeutics, Department of Physiological Sciences, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Gilson Cesar Franco

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of General Biology, Area of Physiology and Pathophysiology, State University of Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil

Humberto Osvaldo Schwartz-Filho

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Dentistry, Implantology Area, University of Santo Amaro, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Eduardo Dias de Andrade

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Pharmacology, Anesthesiology and Therapeutics, Department of Physiological Sciences, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Francisco Carlos Groppo

Contributed equally to this work with: Talita Signoreti Graziano, Maria Claudia Cuzzullin, Francisco Carlos Groppo, Karina Cogo-Müller

Affiliation Pharmacology, Anesthesiology and Therapeutics, Department of Physiological Sciences, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

Karina Cogo-Müller

Contributed equally to this work with: Talita Signoreti Graziano, Maria Claudia Cuzzullin, Francisco Carlos Groppo, Karina Cogo-Müller

karicogo@hotmail.com

Affiliations Pharmacology, Anesthesiology and Therapeutics, Department of Physiological Sciences, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Dentistry, Implantology Area, University of Santo Amaro, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TSG GCF FCG KCM. Performed the experiments: TSG MCC KCM. Analyzed the data: TSG EDA HOSF FCG KCM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TSG MCC GCF EDA HOSF FCG KCM. Wrote the paper: TSG MCC GCF EDA HOSF FCG KCM.