About the Authors

Heriks Gomes Ribeiro

Contributed equally to this work with: Heriks Gomes Ribeiro, Ony Araújo Galdino

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Ony Araújo Galdino

Contributed equally to this work with: Heriks Gomes Ribeiro, Ony Araújo Galdino

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Karla Simone Costa de Souza

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Antonia Pereira Rosa Neta

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Hui Tzu Lin-Wang

Affiliation Molecular Biology Laboratory, Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology, São Paulo, Brazil

Edecio Cunha-Neto

Affiliations Laboratory of Immunology, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo, School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University of São Paulo, School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil, Institute for Investigation in Immunology (iii), INCT, São Paulo, Brazil

Adriana Augusto de Rezende

adrirezende@yahoo.com (AAR); vivian.silbiger@ufrn.br (VNS)

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Vivian Nogueira Silbiger

adrirezende@yahoo.com (AAR); vivian.silbiger@ufrn.br (VNS)

Affiliations Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, Translational Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.