About the Authors

Maria C Almeida

Affiliations Systemic Inflammation Laboratory, Trauma Research, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America, Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Alexandre A Steiner

Affiliation Systemic Inflammation Laboratory, Trauma Research, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Luiz G S Branco

Affiliation Dental School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Andrej A Romanovsky

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: aromano@chw.edu

Affiliation Systemic Inflammation Laboratory, Trauma Research, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR AS MA LB. Performed the experiments: MA. Analyzed the data: AR AS MA LB. Wrote the paper: AR MA