About the Authors

Ricardo Andrade Zampieri

Affiliation Physiology Department, Biosciences Institute, São Paulo University, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Maria Fernanda Laranjeira-Silva

Affiliation Physiology Department, Biosciences Institute, São Paulo University, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Sandra Marcia Muxel

Affiliation Physiology Department, Biosciences Institute, São Paulo University, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ana Carolina Stocco de Lima

Affiliation Pathology Department, Medical Faculty, São Paulo University, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Jeffrey Jon Shaw

Affiliation Parasitology Department, Biomedical Institute, São Paulo University, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter

lucile@ib.usp.br

Affiliation Physiology Department, Biosciences Institute, São Paulo University, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exists.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RAZ MFLS JJS LMFW. Performed the experiments: RAZ SMM ACSdL. Analyzed the data: RAZ MFLS SMM ACSdL JJS LMFW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LMFW. Wrote the paper: RAZ MFLS SMM JJS LMFW.