About the Authors

Mayara Caldas Ramos Cunha

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Fabiana da Silva Lima

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Marco Aurélio Ramirez Vinolo

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Evolution and Bioagents. Institute of Biology, University of Campinas-Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil

Araceli Hastreiter

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Rui Curi

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Primavera Borelli

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ricardo Ambrósio Fock

hemato@usp.br

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Revised the manuscript: MCRC RC PB MARV RAF. Read and approved the final manuscript: MCRC FSL MARV AH RC PB RAF. Conceived and designed the experiments: MCRC RAF. Performed the experiments: MCRC FSL MARV AH. Analyzed the data: MCRC FSL AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC PB RAF. Wrote the paper: MCRC RAF.