About the Authors

Caroline S. Martinez

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

João Guilherme D. Torres

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Franck M. Peçanha

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Janete A. Anselmo-Franci

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Stomatology and Physiology, School of Dentistry, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Dalton V. Vassallo

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil

Mercedes Salaices

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

María J. Alonso

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Physiology and Molecular Genetics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcón, Spain

Giulia A. Wiggers

giuliawp@gmail.com

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Biochemistry, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Uruguaiana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CSM FMP GAW. Performed the experiments: CSM JGDT JAA-F. Analyzed the data: CSM GAW JGDT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GAW JAA-F DVV MJA MS. Wrote the paper: GAW CSM FMP DVV MJA MS.