1 Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Bloco G-014, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-902, Brazil. prmrocco@gmail.com.
2 Department of Surgery, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.