About the Authors

Larissa Helena Torres

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, CEP: 05508–000, Brazil

Raphael C. T. Garcia

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, CEP: 05508–000, Brazil

Anne M. M. Blois

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, CEP: 05508–000, Brazil

Lívia M. M. Dati

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, CEP: 05508–000, Brazil

Ana Carolina Durão

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, CEP: 05508–000, Brazil

Adilson Silva Alves

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, CEP: 05508–000, Brazil

Maurílio Pacheco-Neto

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, CEP: 05403–010, Brazil

Thais Mauad

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, CEP: 01246–903, Brazil

Luiz R. G. Britto

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, CEP: 05508–000, Brazil

Gilberto Fernando Xavier

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, CEP: 05508–900, Brazil

Rosana Camarini

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, CEP: 05508–900, Brazil

Tania Marcourakis

tmarcour@usp.br

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, CEP: 05508–000, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LHT T. Mauad LRGB GFX RC T. Marcourakis. Performed the experiments: LHT RCTG AMMB LMMD ACD ASA MPN. Analyzed the data: LHT RCTG AMMB LMMD ACD ASA MPN LRGB GFX RC T. Marcourakis. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: T. Mauad LRGB RC TaM. Wrote the paper: LHT RCTG MPN GFX RC T. Marcourakis.