About the Authors

Elen Pereira Bastos

elenbastos@hotmail.com

Affiliation Oncology and Radiology Department, Laboratory of Medical Investigation 24 (LIM 24), University of São Paulo, Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Helena Brentani

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Pathology – Laboratory of Medical Investigation 23 (LIM 23), Institute and Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Fatima Solange Pasini

Affiliation Oncology and Radiology Department, Laboratory of Medical Investigation 24 (LIM 24), University of São Paulo, Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Aderbal Ruy T. Silva

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Pathology – Laboratory of Medical Investigation 23 (LIM 23), Institute and Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Cesar Henrique Torres

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Pathology – Laboratory of Medical Investigation 23 (LIM 23), Institute and Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Renato David Puga

Affiliation Clinical Research Center - Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein- HIAE, São Paulo, Brazil.

Eloisa Helena Ribeiro Olivieri

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomics and Molecular Biology, Research Center (CIPE), A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil

Amanda Rusiska Piovezani

Affiliation Mathematics and Statistics Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Carlos Alberto de Bragança Pereira

Affiliation Mathematics and Statistics Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Ariane Machado-Lima

Affiliation School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Dirce Maria Carraro

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomics and Molecular Biology, Research Center (CIPE), A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil

Maria Mitzi Brentani

Affiliation Oncology and Radiology Department, Laboratory of Medical Investigation 24 (LIM 24), University of São Paulo, Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMB HB. Performed the experiments: EPB EHRO. Analyzed the data: EPB CHT ARTS FSP ARP CABP AML RDP HB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMC HB CHT ARTS FSP ARP AML. Wrote the paper: EPB HB MMB.