About the Authors

Norinne Lacerda-Queiroz

norinneq@yahoo.com.br (NL-Q); altexr@gmail.com (ALT)

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunopharmacology/Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Fatima Brant

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunopharmacology/Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

David Henrique Rodrigues

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunopharmacology/Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Juliana Priscila Vago

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Milene Alvarenga Rachid

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunopharmacology/Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Lirlândia Pires Sousa

Affiliations Laboratory of Immunopharmacology/Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Mauro Martins Teixeira

Affiliations Laboratory of Immunopharmacology/Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Medical Investigation, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Antonio Lucio Teixeira

norinneq@yahoo.com.br (NL-Q); altexr@gmail.com (ALT)

Affiliations Laboratory of Immunopharmacology/Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Medical Investigation, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors declare that no competing interests exists.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NL-Q ALT. Performed the experiments: NL-Q FB DHR JPV. Analyzed the data: NL-Q JPV MAR LPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LPS MMT. Wrote the paper: NL-Q MMT ALT.