About the Authors

Carla B. M. Gallo

Affiliation Urogenital Research Unit, State University of Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Waldemar S. Costa

Affiliation Urogenital Research Unit, State University of Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Angelica Furriel

Affiliation Urogenital Research Unit, State University of Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ana L. Bastos

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Francisco J. B. Sampaio

sampaio.uerj@gmail.com

Affiliation Urogenital Research Unit, State University of Rio de Janeiro, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CBG WC FJS. Performed the experiments: CBG AF ALB. Analyzed the data: CBG WC FJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WC FJS. Wrote the paper: CBG WC AF ALB FJS.