About the Authors

Bruno Grosselli Lania

Contributed equally to this work with: Bruno Grosselli Lania, Joseane Morari, Amanda Roberta de Almeida, Maria Letícia Cintra, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

bruglania@gmail.com

Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Research in Dermatology and Bartonella Infection, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Joseane Morari

Contributed equally to this work with: Bruno Grosselli Lania, Joseane Morari, Amanda Roberta de Almeida, Maria Letícia Cintra, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cell Signaling Laboratory and Obesity and Comorbidities Research Center, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Amanda Roberta de Almeida

Contributed equally to this work with: Bruno Grosselli Lania, Joseane Morari, Amanda Roberta de Almeida, Maria Letícia Cintra, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Research in Dermatology and Bartonella Infection, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Marilene Neves da Silva

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Research in Dermatology and Bartonella Infection, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Gislaine Vieira-Damiani

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Research in Dermatology and Bartonella Infection, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Karina de Almeida Lins

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Research in Dermatology and Bartonella Infection, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Carlos Lenz César

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation National Institute of Photonics Applied to Cell Biology (INFABIC), Gleb Wataghin Institute of Physics, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Lício Augusto Velloso

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Cell Signaling Laboratory and Obesity and Comorbidities Research Center, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Clinical Medicine Department, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Nilson Borlina Maia

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Aromatic Plants Division, Agronomic Institute of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Maria Letícia Cintra

Contributed equally to this work with: Bruno Grosselli Lania, Joseane Morari, Amanda Roberta de Almeida, Maria Letícia Cintra, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pathological Anatomy Department, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho

Contributed equally to this work with: Bruno Grosselli Lania, Joseane Morari, Amanda Roberta de Almeida, Maria Letícia Cintra, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Applied Research in Dermatology and Bartonella Infection, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Clinical Medicine Department, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.