About the Authors

Rafael Assumpção Larocca

rlarocca@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliations Laboratory of Transplantation Immunobiology, Department of Immunology, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, The Transplant Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Pedro Manoel Moraes-Vieira

Affiliations Laboratory of Transplantation Immunobiology, Department of Immunology, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ênio José Bassi

Affiliation Laboratory of Transplantation Immunobiology, Department of Immunology, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Patrícia Semedo

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Division of Nephrology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Danilo Candido de Almeida

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Division of Nephrology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Marina Burgos da Silva

Affiliation Laboratory of Transplantation Immunobiology, Department of Immunology, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Thomas Thornley

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

Alvaro Pacheco-Silva

Affiliations Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Division of Nephrology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein Hospital, Renal Transplantation Division, São Paulo, Brazil

Niels Olsen Saraiva Câmara

Affiliations Laboratory of Transplantation Immunobiology, Department of Immunology, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Division of Nephrology, Federal 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: RAL NOSC. Performed the experiments: RAL PMMV EJB PS DCA MBdS. Analyzed the data: RAL PMMV EJB DCA MBdS TT NOSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APS NOSC. Wrote the paper: RAL TT NOSC.