About the Authors

William Salibe-Filho

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

wsalibe@alumni.usp.br

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil

Thaís L. S. Araujo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Everton G. Melo

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Luiza B. C. T. Coimbra

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Monica S. Lapa

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil

Milena M. P. Acencio

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil

Orival Freitas-Filho

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Surgery Division, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil

Vera Luiza Capelozzi

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil

Lisete Ribeiro Teixeira

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil

Caio J. C. S. Fernandes

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil

Fabio Biscegli Jatene

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cardiovascular Surgery Division, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil

Francisco R. M. Laurindo

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vascular Biology Laboratory, Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil

Mario Terra-Filho

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.