About the Authors

Maria Carolina Aquino Luque

bstolf@usp.br

Affiliations Heart Institute of São Paulo (InCor), HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of São Paulo Medical School - HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Paulo Sampaio Gutierrez

Affiliation Heart Institute of São Paulo (InCor), HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Victor Debbas

Affiliation Heart Institute of São Paulo (InCor), HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Waleska Kerllen Martins

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Pedro Puech-Leao

Affiliation Heart Institute of São Paulo (InCor), HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Georgia Porto

Affiliation Heart Institute of São Paulo (InCor), HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Verônica Coelho

Affiliations Heart Institute of São Paulo (InCor), HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of São Paulo Medical School - HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Institute for Investigation in Immunology - INCT - National Institute of Science and Technology, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Laurence Boumsell

Affiliation Inserm U567, Institut Cochin, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Jorge Kalil

Affiliations Heart Institute of São Paulo (InCor), HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of São Paulo Medical School - HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Institute for Investigation in Immunology - INCT - National Institute of Science and Technology, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Beatriz Stolf

Affiliations Heart Institute of São Paulo (InCor), HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of São Paulo Medical School - HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCAL VD GP VC LB JK BSS. Performed the experiments: MCAL VD GP BSS. Analyzed the data: MCAL PG WKM LB BSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PG LB JK. Wrote the manuscript: MCAL BSS. Collection of tissue samples: PPL.