About the Authors

Camila Hochman-Mendez

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marco Cantini

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

David Moratal

Affiliation Center for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain

Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Tatiana Coelho-Sampaio

tcsampaio@histo.ufrj.br

Affiliation Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHM MSS TCS. Performed the experiments: CHM MC DM. Analyzed the data: CHM MC TCS MSS DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TCS MSS DM. Wrote the paper: TCS MSS DM.