About the Authors

Alex Rafacho

alex.rafacho@ufsc.br (AR); ivanq@umh.es (IQ)

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, Center of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil

Luiz M. Gonçalves-Neto

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, Center of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil

Junia C. Santos-Silva

Affiliation Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, and Obesity and Comorbidities Research Center (OCRC), State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil

Paloma Alonso-Magdalena

Affiliation Institute of Bioengineering and the Biomedical Research Center in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Spain

Beatriz Merino

Affiliation Institute of Bioengineering and the Biomedical Research Center in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Spain

Sebastião R. Taboga

Affiliation Department of Biology, Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), São José do Rio Preto, Brazil

Everardo M. Carneiro

Affiliation Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, and Obesity and Comorbidities Research Center (OCRC), State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil

Antonio C. Boschero

Affiliation Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, and Obesity and Comorbidities Research Center (OCRC), State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil

Angel Nadal

Affiliation Institute of Bioengineering and the Biomedical Research Center in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Spain

Ivan Quesada

alex.rafacho@ufsc.br (AR); ivanq@umh.es (IQ)

Affiliation Institute of Bioengineering and the Biomedical Research Center in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders (CIBERDEM), Miguel Hernández University, Elche, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors would like to confirm that co-author Angel Nadal is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR IQ. Performed the experiments: AR LMGN JCSS PAM BM SRT. Analyzed the data: AR LMGN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMC ACB AN IQ. Wrote the paper: AR IQ. Contributed to discussion: AR EMC ACB AN IQ.