About the Authors

Fabiano de Assis Gontijo

Affiliation Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Diadema, SP, Brazil

Amanda Teixeira de Melo

Affiliation Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Diadema, SP, Brazil

Renata C. Pascon

Affiliation Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Diadema, SP, Brazil

Larissa Fernandes

Affiliation Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Ceilândia, Ceilândia, DF, Brazil

Hugo Costa Paes

Affiliation Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Medicina, Brasília, DF, Brazil

J. Andrew Alspaugh

Affiliation Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America

Marcelo A. Vallim

marcelo.vallim@unifesp.br

Affiliation Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Diadema, SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MAV RCP JAA. Data curation: FAG ATM HCP. Formal analysis: FAG ATM HCP. Funding acquisition: MAV RCP JAA. Investigation: FAG ATM HCP LF. Methodology: FAG ATM HCP LF. Project administration: MAV. Resources: MAV RCP JAA. Supervision: MAV. Validation: FAG ATM HCP LF MAV. Visualization: FAG ATM RCP MAV. Writing – original draft: MAV RCP JAA. Writing – review & editing: FAG MAV RCP JAA.