About the Authors

Ada Fiorini

Affiliations Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Department of Chemistry, Center of Membrane Sciences, Sanders Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Rukhsana Sultana

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Center of Membrane Sciences, Sanders Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Eugenio Barone

Affiliations Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Institute of Pharmacology, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Giovanna Cenini

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Center of Membrane Sciences, Sanders Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Marzia Perluigi

Affiliation Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Cesare Mancuso

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacology, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Jian Cai

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine and Proteomics Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Jon B. Klein

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine and Proteomics Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Daret St. Clair

Affiliation Graduate Center for Toxicology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

D. Allan Butterfield

dabcns@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Center of Membrane Sciences, Sanders Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAB. Performed the experiments: AF RS EB GC JC JBK. Analyzed the data: AF RS EB GS MP CM DSC DAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAB JC JBK. Wrote the paper: AF RS DSC DAB.