About the Authors

Rafael Silva-Rocha

Current address: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology–Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology–Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Marjorie Cornejo Pontelli

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology–Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Gilvan Pessoa Furtado

Current address: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz–Fiocruz-CE, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology–Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Livia Soares Zaramela

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology–Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Tie Koide

tkoide@fmrp.usp.br

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology–Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSR TK. Performed the experiments: RSR MCP GPF LSZ. Analyzed the data: RSR MCP GPF LSZ TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RSR TK. Wrote the paper: RSR MCP TK.