About the Authors

Verônica Santana de Freitas-Blanco

Affiliations Department of Physiological Sciences, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil, Chemical, Biological and Agricultural Research Center (CPQBA), University of Campinas, Paulinia, Brazil

Michelle Franz-Montan

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil

Francisco Carlos Groppo

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil

João Ernesto de Carvalho

Affiliations Department of Physiological Sciences, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil, Chemical, Biological and Agricultural Research Center (CPQBA), University of Campinas, Paulinia, Brazil, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Glyn Mara Figueira

Affiliation Chemical, Biological and Agricultural Research Center (CPQBA), University of Campinas, Paulinia, Brazil

Luciano Serpe

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil

Ilza Maria Oliveira Sousa

Affiliation Chemical, Biological and Agricultural Research Center (CPQBA), University of Campinas, Paulinia, Brazil

Viviane Aparecida Guilherme Damasio

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Tissue Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Lais Thiemi Yamane

Affiliation Chemical, Biological and Agricultural Research Center (CPQBA), University of Campinas, Paulinia, Brazil

Eneida de Paula

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Tissue Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Rodney Alexandre Ferreira Rodrigues

rodney@cpqba.unicamp.br

Affiliations Department of Physiological Sciences, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil, Chemical, Biological and Agricultural Research Center (CPQBA), University of Campinas, Paulinia, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: VSFB MFM RAFR. Data curation: VSFB MFM RAFR FCG. Formal analysis: VSFB MFM FCG. Funding acquisition: RAFR VSFB. Investigation: VSFB LS IMOS VAGD LTY. Methodology: VSFB MFM RAFR. Project administration: RAFR. Resources: FCG JEC GMF EP RAFR. Supervision: RAFR. Visualization: VSFB MFM FCG. Writing – original draft: VSFB. Writing – review & editing: VSFB MFM RAFR FCG.