About the Authors

Dirce Maria Carraro

dirce.carraro@accamargo.org.br

Affiliation Centro Internacional de Ensino e Pesquisa, Hospital AC Camargo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Elisa Napolitano Ferreira

Affiliations Centro Internacional de Ensino e Pesquisa, Hospital AC Camargo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Gustavo de Campos Molina

Affiliation Centro Internacional de Ensino e Pesquisa, Hospital AC Camargo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Renato David Puga

Affiliation Centro Internacional de Ensino e Pesquisa, Hospital AC Camargo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Eduardo Fernandes Abrantes

Affiliation Centro Internacional de Ensino e Pesquisa, Hospital AC Camargo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Adriana Priscila Trapé

Affiliation Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Bedrich L. Ekhardt

Affiliation David H. Koch Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Diana Noronha Nunes

Affiliations Centro Internacional de Ensino e Pesquisa, Hospital AC Camargo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, David H. Koch Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Maria Mitzi Brentani

Affiliation Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Wadih Arap

Affiliation David H. Koch Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Renata Pasqualini

Affiliation David H. Koch Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Helena Brentani

Affiliations Centro Internacional de Ensino e Pesquisa, Hospital AC Camargo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Emmanuel Dias-Neto

Affiliations Centro Internacional de Ensino e Pesquisa, Hospital AC Camargo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, David H. Koch Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ricardo Renzo Brentani

Affiliation Centro Internacional de Ensino e Pesquisa, Hospital AC Camargo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DMC ENF GdCM WA RP HB ED-N RRB. Performed the experiments: DMC ENF GdCM APT BLE DNN ED-N. Analyzed the data: DMC ENF GdCM RDP EFA DNN MMB HB ED-N RRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMC WA RP ED-N RRB. Wrote the paper: DMC ENF GdCM EFA ED-N RRB. Performed the bioinformatics analyses: RDP EFA HB.