About the Authors
- Sirada Srihirun
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Thanaporn Sriwantana
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Supeenun Unchern
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Dusadee Kittikool
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Egarit Noulsri
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Affiliation Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Kovit Pattanapanyasat
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Affiliation Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Suthat Fucharoen
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Affiliation Thalassemia Research Center, Institute of Science and Technology for Research and Development, Mahidol University, Nakhonpathom, Thailand
- Barbora Piknova
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Affiliation Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Alan N. Schechter
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Affiliation Molecular Medicine Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Nathawut Sibmooh
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* E-mail: scnsm@mahidol.ac.th
Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Competing Interests
A.N. Schechter and N. Sibmooh are co-inventors of a patent issued to NIH for the use of nitrite in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. None of the authors has any conflict of interest. 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 SF BP ANS NS. Performed the experiments: SS TS SU EN KP DK. Analyzed the data: SS BP ANS NS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SF SU ANS NS. Wrote the paper: SS NS ANS BP.