About the Authors

Patricia Keiko Saito

Affiliation Department of Basic Health Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Roger Haruki Yamakawa

Affiliation Department of Basic Health Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Erica Pereira Aparecida

Affiliation Histogene Laboratory of Histocompatibility and Genetics, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Waldir Verissimo da Silva Júnior

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Sueli Donizete Borelli

sueliborelli@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Basic Health Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PKS RHY SDB. Performed the experiments: PKS RHY EPA. Analyzed the data: PKS RHY EPA WVSJ SDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PKS RHY WVSJ SDB. Wrote the paper: PKS RHY EPA WVSJ SDB.