About the Authors
- Georgia Porto
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Affiliations Heart Institute, Instituto do Coração (InCor), School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Ricardo J. Giordano
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Affiliations David H. Koch Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Chemistry Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Luciana C. Marti
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Affiliation Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
- Beatriz Stolf
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Affiliations Heart Institute, Instituto do Coração (InCor), School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Renata Pasqualini
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Affiliation David H. Koch Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Wadih Arap
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Affiliation David H. Koch Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Jorge Kalil
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Affiliations Heart Institute, Instituto do Coração (InCor), School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Institute for Investigation in Immunology, National Institute of Science and Technology (iii-INCT), São Paulo, Brazil
- Verônica Coelho
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* E-mail: vecoelho@usp.br
Affiliations Heart Institute, Instituto do Coração (InCor), School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Institute for Investigation in Immunology, National Institute of Science and Technology (iii-INCT), São Paulo, Brazil
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GP VC BS RP WA JK. Wrote the paper: GP VC. WA gave permission for use of techniques. Substantial contribution to the conception and design of the work, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data: GP. Contributions to the design and to interpretation of data: RJG. Contributed to revision of the manuscript: BS RP RJG LCM. Acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data: LCM. Substantial contribution to the revision of the manuscript: BS. Discussion of data: BS JK. Interpretation of data: VC. Final approval of the version to be published: GP RJG LCM BS RP WA JK VC.