About the Authors

Fernanda Faião-Flores

Affiliations Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Paulo Rogério Pinto Coelho

Affiliation Institute for Nuclear and Energy Research, São Paulo, Brazil

João Dias Toledo Arruda-Neto

Affiliations Physics Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, CEPESq/UniÍtalo – Italy-Brazilian University Center, São Paulo, Brazil

Silvya Stuchi Maria-Engler

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry & Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Manoela Tiago

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry & Toxicology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Vera Luiza Capelozzi

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ricardo Rodrigues Giorgi

Affiliations Laboratory for Cellular and Molecular Endocrinology (LIM-25) School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Santo Amaro University UNISA, São Paulo, Brazil

Durvanei Augusto Maria

durvanei@usp.br

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FFF DAM. Performed the experiments: FFF DAM. Analyzed the data: FFF PRPC JDTAN SSME MT VLC RRG DAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FFF PRPC JDTAN SSME MT VLC RRG DAM. Wrote the paper: FFF DAM.