About the Authors

Miquéias Lopes-Pacheco

Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular Pathology, Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Túlio G. Ventura

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

Helena D'Anunciação de Oliveira

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Leonardo C. Monção-Ribeiro

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

Bianca Gutfilen

Affiliation Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sergio A. L. de Souza

Affiliation Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Patrícia R. M. Rocco

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

Radovan Borojevic

Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular Pathology, Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Laboratory of Cellular Proliferation and Differentiation, Biomedical Science Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marcelo M. Morales

mmorales@biof.ufrj.br

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Christina M. Takiya

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular Pathology, 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: MLP RB CMT PRMR MMM. Performed the experiments: MLP TGV LCMR HDO SALS BG. Analyzed the data: RB CMT PRMR MMM MLP HDO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RB CMT PRMR MMM. Wrote the paper: MLP CMT MMM.