About the Authors

Thais T. Zampieri

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

João A. B. Pedroso

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Isadora C. Furigo

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Julio Tirapegui

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Experimental Nutrition, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Jose Donato Jr.

jdonato@icb.usp.br

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TTZ JD. Performed the experiments: TTZ JABP ICF JD. Analyzed the data: TTZ JABP JD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JT. Wrote the manuscript: JD.