This work was conducted according to the ethical principles of animal research adopted by the Brazilian Society of Laboratory Animal Science, and received approval from the Ethics Committee on Animal Use of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School, USP. The Protocol number is 105/2007. Male BALB/c mice, aged 6–8 weeks, were purchased from the Central Animal House of the Ribeirão Preto Campus of University de São Paulo (USP), and were maintained in the Animal Facilities of the Department of Biology, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, USP.
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