About the Authors

Pedro Henrique Papotto

Affiliation Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

Eliana Blini Marengo

Affiliation Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

Luiz Roberto Sardinha

Affiliation Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

Karina Inácio Carvalho

Affiliation Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

Ana Eduarda Zulim de Carvalho

Affiliation Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

Sheyla Castillo-Mendez

Affiliation Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

Carina Calixto Jank

Affiliation Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

Bernard Vanhove

Affiliation OSE Immunotherapeutics SA, Nantes, France

Anna Carla Goldberg

Affiliation Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

Luiz Vicente Rizzo

lvrizzo@einstein.br

Affiliation Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

BV is employee and shareholder of OSE Immunotherapeutics, a company developing CD28 antagonists. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: LVR BV ACG EBM PHP. Formal analysis: PHP KIC LRS. Investigation: PHP EBM AEZC CCJ SC-M. Methodology: LVR ACG LRS KIC EBM PHP. Project administration: ACG. Resources: BV. Supervision: LVR BV. Writing – original draft: LVR ACG PHP EBM.