About the Authors
- Sofia Zanin
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and National Research Council Institute of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Christian Borgo
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and National Research Council Institute of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Cristina Girardi
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and National Research Council Institute of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Sean E. O'Brien
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Affiliation Cylene Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Yoshihiko Miyata
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Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Lorenzo A. Pinna
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Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences and National Research Council Institute of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padova, Italy
- Arianna Donella-Deana
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and National Research Council Institute of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Maria Ruzzene
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* E-mail: maria.ruzzene@unipd.it
Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences and National Research Council Institute of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padova, Italy
Competing Interests
SOB is currently employed by Cylene Pharmaceuticals which holds United States patents for CX-4945 (United States 7,956,064) and CX-5011 (United States 7,910,600). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The remaining authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MR ADD LAP. Performed the experiments: SZ CB CG. Analyzed the data: MR SZ CB CG ADD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SOB YM. Wrote the paper: MR.