About the Authors

Vera Cavalcanti Araújo

vcaraujo@usp.br

Affiliation Department of Pathology, São Leopoldo Mandic Institute and Research Center, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Ana Paula Dias Demasi

Affiliation Department of Pathology, São Leopoldo Mandic Institute and Research Center, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Andresa Borges Soares

Affiliation Department of Pathology, São Leopoldo Mandic Institute and Research Center, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Fabrício Passador-Santos

Affiliation Department of Pathology, São Leopoldo Mandic Institute and Research Center, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Marcelo Henrique Napimoga

Affiliation Department of Pathology, São Leopoldo Mandic Institute and Research Center, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Elizabeth Ferreira Martinez

Affiliation Department of Pathology, São Leopoldo Mandic Institute and Research Center, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Nadir Severina Freitas

Affiliation Department of Pathology, São Leopoldo Mandic Institute and Research Center, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Ney Soares Araújo

Affiliation Department of Pathology, São Leopoldo Mandic Institute and Research Center, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VCA NSA. Performed the experiments: VCA NSF. Analyzed the data: VCA APDD ABS FPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VCA APDD MHN EFM. Wrote the paper: VCA APDD EFM NSA.