About the Authors
- Stefano Toldo
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Contributed equally to this work with: Stefano Toldo, Rachel W. Goehe
* E-mail: stoldo2@vcu.edu
Affiliation Virginia Commonwealth University Pauley Heart Center and Victoria Johnson Center, Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Rachel W. Goehe
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Contributed equally to this work with: Stefano Toldo, Rachel W. Goehe
Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Massey Cancer, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Marzia Lotrionte
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Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
- Eleonora Mezzaroma
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Affiliation Virginia Commonwealth University Pauley Heart Center and Victoria Johnson Center, Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Evan T. Sumner
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Massey Cancer, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Giuseppe G. L. Biondi-Zoccai
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Affiliation Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, “La Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Ignacio M. Seropian
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Affiliation Virginia Commonwealth University Pauley Heart Center and Victoria Johnson Center, Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Benjamin W. Van Tassell
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Affiliation Virginia Commonwealth University Pauley Heart Center and Victoria Johnson Center, Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Francesco Loperfido
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Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
- Giovanni Palazzoni
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Affiliation Division of Radiotherapy, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
- Norbert F. Voelkel
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Affiliation Virginia Commonwealth University Pauley Heart Center and Victoria Johnson Center, Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Antonio Abbate
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Affiliation Virginia Commonwealth University Pauley Heart Center and Victoria Johnson Center, Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- David A. Gewirtz
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Massey Cancer, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Competing Interests
ML and GGLBZ have received research support from Cephalon, Rome, Italy. 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: ST RWG ML EM BWVT NFV AA DAG. Performed the experiments: ST RWG EM ETS IMS BWVT AA DAG. Analyzed the data: ST ML EM GGLBZ BWVT AA DAG. Wrote the paper: ST ML GGLBZ FL GP NFV AA DAG.