About the Authors

Cilene Bicca Dias

Affiliations Coloproctology Unit, Surgery Department, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Internal Medicine Department, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Doctoral CAPES fellowship, Post graduate Program in Surgery Sciences, Faculty of Medical School, University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Marciane Milanski

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Internal Medicine Department, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Mariana Portovedo

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Internal Medicine Department, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Vivian Horita

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Maria de Lourdes Setsuko Ayrizono

Affiliation Coloproctology Unit, Surgery Department, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Núria Planell

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Bioinformatics Platform, CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain

Cláudio Saddy Rodrigues Coy

Affiliation Coloproctology Unit, Surgery Department, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Lício Augusto Velloso

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Internal Medicine Department, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Luciana Rodrigues Meirelles

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Raquel Franco Leal

rafranco.unicamp@gmail.com

Affiliations Coloproctology Unit, Surgery Department, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Internal Medicine Department, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RFL MM LRM LAV. Performed the experiments: CBD MP VH. Analyzed the data: CBD RFL MM NP CSRC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM LAV LRM RFL. Wrote the paper: CBD RFL. Performed the colonoscopy examinations/surgeries and participated in sample collection: MLSA CSRC RFL.