About the Authors

Iván González-Chavarría

Affiliation Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals Laboratory, Department of Pathophysiology, School of Biological Sciences, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

Rita P. Cerro

Affiliation Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals Laboratory, Department of Pathophysiology, School of Biological Sciences, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

Natalie P. Parra

Affiliation Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals Laboratory, Department of Pathophysiology, School of Biological Sciences, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

Felipe A. Sandoval

Affiliation Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals Laboratory, Department of Pathophysiology, School of Biological Sciences, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

Felipe A. Zuñiga

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, School of Pharmacy, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

Valeska A. Omazábal

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile

Liliana I. Lamperti

Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, School of Pharmacy, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

Silvana P. Jiménez

Affiliation Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals Laboratory, Department of Pathophysiology, School of Biological Sciences, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

Edelmira A. Fernandez

Affiliation Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals Laboratory, Department of Pathophysiology, School of Biological Sciences, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

Nicolas A. Gutiérrez

Affiliation Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals Laboratory, Department of Pathophysiology, School of Biological Sciences, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

Federico S. Rodriguez

Affiliation Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals Laboratory, Department of Pathophysiology, School of Biological Sciences, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

Sergio A. Onate

Affiliation Translational Research Unit, School of Medicine, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

Oliberto Sánchez

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Biological Sciences, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

Juan C. Vera

Affiliation Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals Laboratory, Department of Pathophysiology, School of Biological Sciences, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

Jorge R. Toledo

jotoledo@udec.cl

Affiliation Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals Laboratory, Department of Pathophysiology, School of Biological Sciences, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IGC JRT. Performed the experiments: IGC RPC NCP FAS SPJ EAF NAG. Analyzed the data: IGC JRT FAZ VAO LIL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OS SAO JCV. Wrote the paper: IGC JRT SAO JCV FSR.