About the Authors

Andréa M. Caricilli

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Paty K. Picardi

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Lélia L. de Abreu

Affiliation Department of Nursing, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Mirian Ueno

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Patrícia O. Prada

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Eduardo R. Ropelle

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Sandro Massao Hirabara

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ângela Castoldi

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Pedro Vieira

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Niels O. S. Camara

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Rui Curi

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

José B. Carvalheira

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Mário J. A. Saad

msaad@fcm.unicamp.br

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: AC MS. Performed the experiments: AC PKP LLA ER MU PP SH AC PV NOSC. Analyzed the data: AC MS JBC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC NOSC JBC MS. Wrote the paper: AC MS.