About the Authors

Marcelo Vizoná Liberato

Contributed equally to this work with: Marcelo Vizoná Liberato, Alessandro S. Nascimento

Affiliation São Carlos Physics Institute, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Alessandro S. Nascimento

Contributed equally to this work with: Marcelo Vizoná Liberato, Alessandro S. Nascimento

Affiliation São Carlos Physics Institute, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Steven D. Ayers

Affiliation Diabetes Research, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jean Z. Lin

Affiliation Diabetes Research, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Aleksandra Cvoro

Affiliation Diabetes Research, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Rodrigo L. Silveira

Affiliation Chemistry Institute, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Leandro Martínez

Affiliation Chemistry Institute, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Paulo C. T. Souza

Affiliation Chemistry Institute, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Daniel Saidemberg

Affiliation Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Tuo Deng

Affiliation Diabetes Research, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Angela Angelica Amato

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil

Marie Togashi

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil

Willa A. Hsueh

Affiliation Diabetes Research, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kevin Phillips

Affiliation Diabetes Research, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mário Sérgio Palma

Affiliation Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Francisco A. R. Neves

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil

Munir S. Skaf

Affiliation Chemistry Institute, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Paul Webb

ipolikarpov@if.sc.usp.br (IP); pwebb@tmhs.org (PW)

Affiliation Diabetes Research, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Igor Polikarpov

ipolikarpov@if.sc.usp.br (IP); pwebb@tmhs.org (PW)

Affiliation São Carlos Physics Institute, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MVL ASN LM MT KP MSP FARN MS PW IP. Performed the experiments: MVL ASN SDA JZL AC RLS PCTS DS TD AAA WAH. Analyzed the data: WVL ASN LM MT KP MSP FARN MS PW IP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSP FARN MS PW IP. Wrote the paper: MVL MS PW IP.