About the Authors
- Giorgia Benegiamo
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Contributed equally to this work with: Giorgia Benegiamo, Gianluigi Mazzoccoli
Current address: University of Zurich, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology – Chronobiology and Sleep Research Unit
Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, Hospital San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), San Giovanni, Italy
- Gianluigi Mazzoccoli
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Contributed equally to this work with: Giorgia Benegiamo, Gianluigi Mazzoccoli
Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Division of Internal Medicine IRCCS Scientific Institute and Regional General Hospital “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy
- Francesco Cappello
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Affiliations Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology (IEMEST), Palermo, Italy, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Section of Human Anatomy, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Francesca Rappa
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Section of Human Anatomy, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
- Nunzia Scibetta
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Affiliation Unit of Pathology, Civic Hospital, Palermo, Italy
- Jude Oben
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Affiliation University College London (UCL)-Institute of Liver and Digestive Health, Division of Medicine, Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom
- Azzura Greco
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Affiliation Institute of Hepatology, Foundation for Liver Research, London, United Kingdom
- Roger Williams
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Affiliation Institute of Hepatology, Foundation for Liver Research, London, United Kingdom
- Angelo Andriulli
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Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, Hospital San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), San Giovanni, Italy
- Manlio Vinciguerra
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* E-mail: pazienza_valerio@yahoo.it (VP); m.vinciguerra@ucl.ac.uk (MV)
Affiliations Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology (IEMEST), Palermo, Italy, University College London (UCL)-Institute of Liver and Digestive Health, Division of Medicine, Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom
- Valerio Pazienza
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* E-mail: pazienza_valerio@yahoo.it (VP); m.vinciguerra@ucl.ac.uk (MV)
Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, Hospital San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), San Giovanni, Italy
Competing Interests
The co-last and co-corresponding author Dr. Manlio Vinciguerra, is Academic Editor of PLOS ONE and this does not alter the adherence to the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors of the journal.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GM FC MV VP. Performed the experiments: GB FR NS AG. Analyzed the data: GM FC JO RW AA MV VP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM FC NS AA MV VP. Wrote the paper: GM MV VP.