About the Authors

Fabiana Antunes Andrade

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Immunopathology, Department of Clinical Pathology, HC/UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Marcia Holsbach Beltrame

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Immunopathology, Department of Clinical Pathology, HC/UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Valéria Bumiller Bini

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics, Department of Genetics, UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Letícia Boslooper Gonçalves

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Immunopathology, Department of Clinical Pathology, HC/UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Angelica Beate Winter Boldt

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Immunopathology, Department of Clinical Pathology, HC/UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics, Department of Genetics, UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Iara Jose de Messias-Reason

iaramessias@yahoo.com.br

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Immunopathology, Department of Clinical Pathology, HC/UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: FAA ABWB IJdTMR. Formal analysis: FAA ABWB. Investigation: FAA VBB LBG MHB. Supervision: IJdTMR. Writing – original draft: FAA ABWB IJdTMR MHB. Writing – review & editing: FAA ABWB IJdTMR MHB.