About the Authors
- Mario Bonomini
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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* E-mail: 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.