About the Authors

Karina Gonzalez-Aldaco

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology in Medicine, Civil Hospital of Guadalajara, “Fray Antonio Alcalde”, Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico and Health Sciences Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

João R. Rebello Pinho

Affiliations Albert Einstein Medicina Diagnóstica, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Laboratorio de Gastroenterologia e Hepatologia Tropical. Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Departamento de Gastroenterologia, Faculdade da Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Sonia Roman

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology in Medicine, Civil Hospital of Guadalajara, “Fray Antonio Alcalde”, Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico and Health Sciences Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Ketti Gleyzer

Affiliation Departamento de Patologia Clínica e Anatomia Patológica, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Nora A. Fierro

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology in Medicine, Civil Hospital of Guadalajara, “Fray Antonio Alcalde”, Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico and Health Sciences Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Leticia Oyakawa

Affiliation Albert Einstein Medicina Diagnóstica, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Omar Ramos-Lopez

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology in Medicine, Civil Hospital of Guadalajara, “Fray Antonio Alcalde”, Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico and Health Sciences Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Rubia A. Ferraz Santana

Affiliation Albert Einstein Medicina Diagnóstica, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Roberta Sitnik

Affiliation Albert Einstein Medicina Diagnóstica, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Arturo Panduro

apanduro@prodigy.net.mx; biomomed@cencar.udg.mx

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology in Medicine, Civil Hospital of Guadalajara, “Fray Antonio Alcalde”, Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico and Health Sciences Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP JRRP. Performed the experiments: KGA SR KG LO. Analyzed the data: KGA AP NAF ORL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP JRRP RAFS RS. Wrote the paper: AP SR KGA. Principal investigator directly supervising KGA as a doctoral student, SR, NAF and ORL: AP. Principal investigator directly supervising KG, LO, RAFS and RS: JRRP.