About the Authors
- Rossella E. Simone
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Affiliation Institute of General Pathology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
- Marco Russo
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Affiliation Institute of Nutrition, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany
- Assunta Catalano
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Affiliation Institute of General Pathology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
- Giovanni Monego
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Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy
- Kati Froehlich
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Affiliation Institute of Nutrition, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany
- Volker Boehm
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Affiliation Institute of Nutrition, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany
- Paola Palozza
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* E-mail: p.palozza@rm.unicatt.it
Affiliation Institute of General Pathology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Competing Interests
We received lycopene from Dr. Yoav Sharoni and LycoRed Natural Products Industries Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies and no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PP. Performed the experiments: RES MR AC KF GM. Analyzed the data: PP VB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PP VB. Wrote the paper: PP.