About the Authors

Carolina Cavaliéri Gomes

carolinacgomes@ufmg.br

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Biological Sciences Institute, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Marina Gonçalves Diniz

Affiliation Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Lissur Azevedo Orsine

Affiliation Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Alessandra Pires Duarte

Affiliation Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Thiago Fonseca-Silva

Affiliation Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Brendan I. Conn

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

Luiz De Marco

Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Cláudia Maria Pereira

Affiliation Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Ricardo Santiago Gomez

Affiliation Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCG RSG. Performed the experiments: MGD APD TFS BIC LAO CMP. Analyzed the data: CCG MGD APD TFS CMP LDM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCG MGD LAO APD TFS BIC CMP LDM RSG. Wrote the paper: CCG MGD TSF LDM RSG.