1. Center of Experimental Research; Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre; Porto Alegre RS Brazil
2. Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Medicine; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre RS Brazil
3. Postgraduate Program in Biological Sciences: Physiology; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre RS Brazil
4. Postgraduate Program in Pneumological Sciences; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre RS Brazil
5. Postgraduate Program in Liver Diseases; Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre; Porto Alegre RS Brazil
6. Postgraduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology Applied to Health; Universidade Luterana do Brasil; Canoas RS Brazil