About the Authors

Diego Davila Paskulin

diegopaskulin@gmail.com

Affiliations Post-Graduate Program, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Genomic Medicine Laboratory, Experimental Research Center, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Juliana Giacomazzi

Affiliations Post-Graduate Program, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Genomic Medicine Laboratory, Experimental Research Center, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Maria Isabel Achatz

Affiliation Department of Oncogenetics, AC Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sandra Costa

Affiliation Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3B's-PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Rui Manoel Reis

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; ICVS/3B's-PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal, Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil

Pierre Hainaut

Affiliation International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon and Institut Albert Bonniot/INSERM 823, Grenoble, France

Sidney Emanuel Batista dos Santos

Affiliation Human and Medical Genetics Laboratory, Biosciences Institute, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil

Patricia Ashton-Prolla

Affiliations Post-Graduate Program, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Genomic Medicine Laboratory, Experimental Research Center, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Medical Genetics Service), Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DDP SSEB PH PAP. Performed the experiments: DDP JG. Analyzed the data: DDP JG MIA SC RR PH SSEB PAP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DDP JG MIA SC RR PH SSEB PAP. Wrote the paper: DDP JG MIA SC RR PH SSEB PAP.