About the Authors
- Giovanni Di Pasquale
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Contributed equally to this work with: Giovanni Di Pasquale, Ilaria Dicembrini
Affiliation Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Ilaria Dicembrini
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Contributed equally to this work with: Giovanni Di Pasquale, Ilaria Dicembrini
Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Pathophysiology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Laura Raimondi
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Claudio Pagano
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Affiliation Endocrine-metabolic Laboratory, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
- Josephine M. Egan
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Affiliation Diabetes Section, National Institute on Aging and Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Andrea Cozzi
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Lorenzo Cinci
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Affiliation Section of Histology, Department of Anatomy, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Andrea Loreto
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Maria E. Manni
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Silvia Berretti
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Annamaria Morelli
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Affiliation Sexual Medicine and Andrology Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Changyu Zheng
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Affiliation Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Drew G. Michael
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Affiliation Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Mario Maggi
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Affiliation Sexual Medicine and Andrology Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Roberto Vettor
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Affiliation Endocrine-metabolic Laboratory, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
- John A. Chiorini
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* E-mail: jchiorini@dir.nidcr.nih.gov (JAC); c.rotella@dfc.unifi.it (CMR)
Affiliation Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Edoardo Mannucci
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¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Diabetes Agency, Careggi Teaching Hospital, Florence, Italy
- Carlo M. Rotella
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* E-mail: jchiorini@dir.nidcr.nih.gov (JAC); c.rotella@dfc.unifi.it (CMR)
¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Pathophysiology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GDP ID JAC EM CMR. Performed the experiments: GDP ID LR CP JME AC LC AL MEM SB AM CZ DGM MM RV. Analyzed the data: GDP ID JAC EM CMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JME. Wrote the paper: GDP ID JAC EM CMR.