About the Authors
- Annalisa Cossu
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Contributed equally to this work with: Annalisa Cossu, Anna Maria Posadino
Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
- Anna Maria Posadino
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Contributed equally to this work with: Annalisa Cossu, Anna Maria Posadino
Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
- Roberta Giordo
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
- Costanza Emanueli
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Affiliation Laboratory of Vascular Pathology and Regeneration, Regenerative Medicine Section, School of Clinical Sciences, Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Anna Maria Sanguinetti
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Affiliation Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
- Amalia Piscopo
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Affiliation Department of Biotechnologies for Agricultural Food and Environmental Monitoring, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Feo di Vito, Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Marco Poiana
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Affiliation Department of Biotechnologies for Agricultural Food and Environmental Monitoring, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Feo di Vito, Reggio Calabria, Italy
- Giampiero Capobianco
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Affiliation Gynecologic and Obstetric Clinic, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
- Antonio Piga
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* E-mail: gpintus@uniss.it (GP); pigaa@uniss.it (AP)
Affiliation Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
- Gianfranco Pintus
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* E-mail: gpintus@uniss.it (GP); pigaa@uniss.it (AP)
Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy, Centre of Excellence for Biotechnology Development and Biodiversity Research, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
Competing Interests
Gianfranco Pintus is a PLOS ONE Academic Editor. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GP A. Piga. Performed the experiments: AC AMP RG AMS A. Piscopo. Analyzed the data: AC AMP GP A. Piga. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMS A. Piga MP GC. Wrote the paper: GP A. Piga CE.