About the Authors
- Antonietta Stellavato
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Biotechnology, Medical Histology and Molecular Biology, Second University of Naples, Bioteknet, Naples, Italy
- Luisana Corsuto
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Biotechnology, Medical Histology and Molecular Biology, Second University of Naples, Bioteknet, Naples, Italy
- Antonella D’Agostino
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Biotechnology, Medical Histology and Molecular Biology, Second University of Naples, Bioteknet, Naples, Italy
- Annalisa La Gatta
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Biotechnology, Medical Histology and Molecular Biology, Second University of Naples, Bioteknet, Naples, Italy
- Paola Diana
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Biotechnology, Medical Histology and Molecular Biology, Second University of Naples, Bioteknet, Naples, Italy
- Patrizia Bernini
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Affiliation IBSA Farmaceutici Italia Srl, Lodi, Italy
- Mario De Rosa
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Biotechnology, Medical Histology and Molecular Biology, Second University of Naples, Bioteknet, Naples, Italy
- Chiara Schiraldi
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* E-mail: chiara.schiraldi@unina2.it
Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Biotechnology, Medical Histology and Molecular Biology, Second University of Naples, Bioteknet, Naples, Italy
Competing Interests
CS, MDR, ADA and ALG are inventors of a patent on hybrid cooperative complexes, while a company is the assignee. PB is affiliated with IBSA as Medical Marketing. She contributed in the initial design of the experimental work and support with the company the English final copyediting. IBSA also supplies reagents and material for the study but did not have any other additional role in, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: CS MDR AS PB. Formal analysis: AS LC ADA ALG PD. Funding acquisition: CS MDR. Investigation: AS LC ADA ALG PD CS. Methodology: AS LC ADA ALG PD. Project administration: CS MDR. Resources: CS MDR. Software: AS LC ADA ALG PD. Supervision: CS MDR. Validation: AS LC ADA ALG PD CS. Writing – original draft: AS CS. Writing – review & editing: AS ALG ADA PB CS.