About the Authors

Mariana Gavioli

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Aline Lara

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Pedro W. M. Almeida

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Augusto Martins Lima

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology in Nanobiopharmaceutics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Denis D. Damasceno

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Cibele Rocha-Resende

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Marina Ladeira

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Rodrigo R. Resende

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Patricia M. Martinelli

Affiliation Department of Morphology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Marcos Barrouin Melo

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology in Nanobiopharmaceutics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Patricia C. Brum

Affiliation School of Physical Education and Sport, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Marco Antonio Peliky Fontes

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology in Nanobiopharmaceutics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Robson A. Souza Santos

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology in Nanobiopharmaceutics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Marco A. M. Prado

Affiliation Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

Silvia Guatimosim

guatimosim@icb.ufmg.br

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology in Nanobiopharmaceutics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG MAMP RASS MAPF PCB. Performed the experiments: MG PWMA AL CRR DDD AML PMM MBM RRR ML. Analyzed the data: MG PWMA AL CRR DDD AML PMM MBM RRR ML MAPF SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RASS MAPF PCB RRR MAMP SG PMM. Wrote the paper: SG MAMP MG.