About the Authors

Edilberto Postol

Affiliations Heart Institute, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Institute for Immunology Investigation, National Institute of Science and Technology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Raquel Alencar

Affiliations Heart Institute, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Institute for Immunology Investigation, National Institute of Science and Technology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Fabio T. Higa

Affiliations Heart Institute, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Institute for Immunology Investigation, National Institute of Science and Technology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Samar Freschi de Barros

Affiliations Heart Institute, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Institute for Immunology Investigation, National Institute of Science and Technology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Lea M. F. Demarchi

Affiliation Heart Institute, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Jorge Kalil

Affiliations Heart Institute, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Institute for Immunology Investigation, National Institute of Science and Technology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Clinical Immunology and Allergy Division, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Luiza Guilherme

luizagui@usp.br

Affiliations Heart Institute, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Institute for Immunology Investigation, National Institute of Science and Technology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Critically reviewed the manuscript: EP LG. Conceived and designed the experiments: EP JK LG. Performed the experiments: EP RA FTH SFB LMFD. Analyzed the data: EP RA LG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK LG. Wrote the paper: EP LG.