About the Authors

Fernanda Caroline Carvalho

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular e Bioagentes Patogênicos, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil

Sandro Gomes Soares

Affiliation Invent Biotecnologia Ltda, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil

Mirela Barros Tamarozzi

Affiliation Invent Biotecnologia Ltda, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil

Eduardo Magalhães Rego

Affiliation Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil

Maria-Cristina Roque-Barreira

mcrbarre@fmrp.usp.br

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular e Bioagentes Patogênicos, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Sandro G. Soares and Mirela B. Tamarozzi are paid employees of Invent Biotecnologia. The employment of these authors in a commercial company does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FCC SGS MCRB EMR. Performed the experiments: FCC MBT. Analyzed the data: FCC SGS MBT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCRB EMR. Wrote the paper: FCC MCRB.