About the Authors

Rodrigo Sánchez-Véliz

Affiliation Laboratory of Anesthesiology (LIM08), University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Maria José Carmona

Affiliation Laboratory of Anesthesiology (LIM08), University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Denise Aya Otsuki

Affiliation Laboratory of Anesthesiology (LIM08), University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Claudia Freitas

Affiliation Laboratory of Anesthesiology (LIM08), University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Anderson Benício

Affiliation Cardiac Surgery Division, Heart Institute (InCor), University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Elnara Marcia Negri

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Experimental Air Pollution Laboratory, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Luiz Marcelo Malbouisson

luiz.malbouisson@hc.fm.usp.br

Affiliation Laboratory of Anesthesiology (LIM08), University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSV MJC LMM. Performed the experiments: RSV CF AB DAO. Analyzed the data: DAO LMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RSV EMN. Wrote the paper: RSV MJC DAO LMM. Eletronic microscopy: EMN.