About the Authors

Karina Fontana

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, Department of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Gerson E. R. Campos

Affiliation Department of Biologia Estrutural e Funcional, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Robert S. Staron

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Maria Alice da Cruz-Höfling

hofling@unicamp.br

Affiliation Department of Histology and Embryology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MACH. Performed the experiments: KF GERC. Analyzed the data: MACH RSS GERC KF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MACH GERC. Wrote the manuscript: MACH KF RSS.