About the Authors

Renata Sesti-Costa

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Zumira A. Carneiro

Affiliation School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Maria C. Silva

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Maíta Santos

Affiliation School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Grace K. Silva

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Cristiane Milanezi

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Roberto S. da Silva

Affiliation School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

João S. Silva

jsdsilva@fmrp.usp.br

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSC JSS. Performed the experiments: RSC ZAC MS GKS CM. Analyzed the data: RSC MCS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RSdS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RSC GKS ZAC RSdS JSS.