About the Authors

Rossana C. N. Melo

Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular Biology, Department of Biology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Guillherme F. Paganoti

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular Biology, Department of Biology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil

Ann M. Dvorak

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Peter F. Weller

pweller@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RCNM PFW AMD. Performed the experiments: RCNM. Analyzed the data: RCNM GFP PFW AMD. Wrote the paper: RCNM GFP PFW AMD.