“…Murine monocyte-macrophage cells ( Mus musculus monocyte-macrophage cell line J774A.1), provided by the Paul Ehrlich cell bank (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), was used as described [26]. Cells were maintained at 37° C, 5% CO2 in RPMI-1640 media (Sigma, USA) supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum (Gibco, USA), 100 ug/mL streptomycin (Sigma Chemical Co St.Louis, MO), 0.03% L-glutamine solution (Sigma) and 100 UI/mL of penicillin, in 6-well cell culture plates (3cm/well) until confluency [22,29].…”