About the Authors

Dennys E. Cintra

Affiliations Laboratory of Cell Signaling, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Eduardo R. Ropelle

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Juliana C. Moraes

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Signaling, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

José R. Pauli

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Joseane Morari

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Signaling, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Claudio T. de Souza

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Signaling, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Renato Grimaldi

Affiliation Faculty of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Marcela Stahl

Affiliation Faculty of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

José B. Carvalheira

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Mario J. Saad

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Licio A. Velloso

lavelloso.unicamp@gmail.com

Affiliations Laboratory of Cell Signaling, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DEC LAV. Performed the experiments: DEC ER JCM JRP JM CTDS MS RG. Analyzed the data: LAV JBC MJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAV MJS. Wrote the paper: LAV DEC.