About the Authors

Mario Bonomini

Contributed equally to this work with: Mario Bonomini, Annalisa Giardinelli

Affiliations Institute of Nephrology-Department of Medicine, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Annalisa Giardinelli

Contributed equally to this work with: Mario Bonomini, Annalisa Giardinelli

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Aging Research Center, Centro Scienze dell'Invecchiamento (Ce.S.I.), “G. d'Annunzio” University Foundation, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Caterina Morabito

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Aging Research Center, Centro Scienze dell'Invecchiamento (Ce.S.I.), “G. d'Annunzio” University Foundation, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Sara Di Silvestre

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Aging Research Center, Centro Scienze dell'Invecchiamento (Ce.S.I.), “G. d'Annunzio” University Foundation, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Moreno Di Cesare

Affiliations Institute of Nephrology-Department of Medicine, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Natalia Di Pietro

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Aging Research Center, Centro Scienze dell'Invecchiamento (Ce.S.I.), “G. d'Annunzio” University Foundation, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Vittorio Sirolli

Affiliations Institute of Nephrology-Department of Medicine, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Gloria Formoso

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Aging Research Center, Centro Scienze dell'Invecchiamento (Ce.S.I.), “G. d'Annunzio” University Foundation, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Luigi Amoroso

Affiliations Institute of Nephrology-Department of Medicine, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Maria Addolorata Mariggiò

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience and Imaging, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Aging Research Center, Centro Scienze dell'Invecchiamento (Ce.S.I.), “G. d'Annunzio” University Foundation, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Assunta Pandolfi

pandolfi@unich.it

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, Aging Research Center, Centro Scienze dell'Invecchiamento (Ce.S.I.), “G. d'Annunzio” University Foundation, Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Competing Interests

Dr Bonomini received materials (R-568 and S-568) and funding support for the study from Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, United States of America. A patent relating to this study and Calcimimetic R-568 is held by Amgen (United States PATENT NUMBER: 5,688,938; Date of Patent: Nov 18, 1997; Product Name: NPS-568). 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: AP MB MAM. Performed the experiments: AG CM MDC NDP VS SDS. Analyzed the data: AG CM GF LA SDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP MB MAM. Wrote the paper: AP MAM MB AG.