About the Authors

Fernanda Ferreira Cruz

Affiliation Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lucas Felipe Bastos Horta

Affiliation Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lígia de Albuquerque Maia

Affiliation Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Miquéias Lopes-Pacheco

Affiliations Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

André Benedito da Silva

Affiliations Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marcelo Marco Morales

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cassiano Felippe Gonçalves-de-Albuquerque

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Christina Maeda Takiya

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular Pathology, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Hugo Caire de Castro-Faria-Neto

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunopharmacology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Patricia Rieken Macedo Rocco

prmrocco@biof.ufrj.br

Affiliation Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FFC LFBH LAM MLP ABS MMM CFGA CMT HCCFN PRMR. Performed the experiments: FFC LFBH LAM MLP ABS CFGA. Analyzed the data: FFC LFBH LAM CFGA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FFC ABS MMM CMT HCCFN PRMR. Wrote the paper: FFC LFBH LAM MLP ABS MMM CFGA CMT HCCFN PRMR.