About the Authors
- Maria Chiara Barsotti
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Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Chiara Barsotti, Paola Losi
* E-mail: mariachiara1970@yahoo.it
Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medical, Molecular, and Critical Area Pathology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Paola Losi
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Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Chiara Barsotti, Paola Losi
Affiliation Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Massa, Italy
- Enrica Briganti
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Affiliation Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Massa, Italy
- Elena Sanguinetti
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Affiliation Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Massa, Italy
- Angela Magera
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Affiliation Kedrion SpA, Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy
- Tamer Al Kayal
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Affiliation Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Massa, Italy
- Roberto Feriani
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medical, Molecular, and Critical Area Pathology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Rossella Di Stefano
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medical, Molecular, and Critical Area Pathology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Giorgio Soldani
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Affiliation Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Massa, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors declare that one of the authors, Dr. Angela Magera, who performed growth factor quantification in platelet lysate, is an employee of KEDRION S.p.A, which was involved in this study by a Research Agreement (BANDO UNICO R&D Regional Program 2008 "Nanostructured materials based on fibrin and platelet factors for angiogenesis promotion", funded by Regione Toscana). 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: MCB PL EB RDS GS. Performed the experiments: MCB PL EB ES AM TAK RF. Analyzed the data: MCB PL EB TAK RF. Wrote the manuscript: MCB PL EB ES AM TAK RF RDS GS.