About the Authors
- Salvatore Sotgia
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* E-mail: salvatore.sotgia@gmail.com
Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
- Angelo Zinellu
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
- Arduino A. Mangoni
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
- Gianfranco Pintus
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
- John Attia
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Affiliation Level 3 Hunter Medical Research Institute, School of Medicine & Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
- Ciriaco Carru
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
- Mark McEvoy
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Affiliation Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Competing Interests
Co-author Gianfranco Pintus is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. 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: SS AZ AAM CC. Performed the experiments: SS AZ CC MM JA. Analyzed the data: SS AZ AAM CC GP JA MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CC GP. Wrote the paper: SS.