About the Authors

Camila Figueiredo Pinzan

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Aline Sardinha-Silva

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Fausto Almeida

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Livia Lai

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biosciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

Carla Duque Lopes

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Elaine Vicente Lourenço

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90095–1670, United States of America

Ademilson Panunto-Castelo

Affiliation Department of Biology, School of Philosophy, Sciences and Literature of Ribeirão Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Stephen Matthews

Affiliation Division of Molecular Biosciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

Maria Cristina Roque-Barreira

mcrbarre@fmrp.usp.br

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCRB CFP. Performed the experiments: CFP ASS CDL FA LL. Analyzed the data: MCRB ASS CFP APC EVL FA LL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCRB SM. Wrote the paper: MCRB CFP.