About the Authors

Andrea Janz Moreira

Affiliations Center of Experimental Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Raquel Ordoñez

Affiliation Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of León, and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), León, Spain

Carlos Thadeu Cerski

Affiliations Center of Experimental Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Jaqueline Nascimento Picada

Affiliation Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology Applied to Health, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, Brazil

Andrés García-Palomo

Affiliation Service of Oncology, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain

Norma Possa Marroni

Affiliations Center of Experimental Research, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology Applied to Health, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, Brazil

Jose L. Mauriz

Affiliation Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of León, and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), León, Spain

Javier González-Gallego

jgonga@unileon.es

Affiliation Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of León, and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), León, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NPM JLM JGG. Performed the experiments: AJM RO CTC JNP. Analyzed the data: AJM RO CTC JNP NPM JLM JGG AGP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJM RO CTC JNP NPM JLM JGG. Wrote the paper: AJM RO NPM JLM JGG AGP.