About the Authors

Bruna Victorasso Jardim-Perassi

Affiliations Department of Biology, Universidade Estadual Paulista, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, Laboratório de Investigação Molecular no Câncer, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Ali S. Arbab

Affiliation Cellular and Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Lívia Carvalho Ferreira

Affiliations Department of Biology, Universidade Estadual Paulista, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, Laboratório de Investigação Molecular no Câncer, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Thaiz Ferraz Borin

Affiliations Laboratório de Investigação Molecular no Câncer, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Nadimpalli R. S. Varma

Affiliation Cellular and Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

A. S. M. Iskander

Affiliation Cellular and Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Adarsh Shankar

Affiliation Cellular and Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Meser M. Ali

Affiliation Cellular and Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Debora Aparecida Pires de Campos Zuccari

debora.zuccari@famerp.br

Affiliations Laboratório de Investigação Molecular no Câncer, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BVJP ASA DAPCZ. Performed the experiments: BVJP ASA LCF TFB NRSV ASMI AS MMA. Analyzed the data: BVJP ASA LCF TFB NRSV AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMA ASA DAPCZ. Wrote the paper: BVJP ASA DAPCZ.