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Carsten Wrenger1 , Isolmar Schettert2 and Eva Liebau3\*

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1 Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, São Paulo-SP, Brazil

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2 Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Cardiology, Heart Institute InCor, Av. Dr. Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar, São Paulo-SP, Brazil

3 Department of Molecular Physiology, University of Münster, Hindenburgplatz, Münster, Germany
