About the Authors

Jean-Marc Zingg

Jean-Marc.Zingg@tufts.edu

Affiliation Vascular Biology Laboratory, JM USDA-Human Nutr. Res. Ctr. On Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Roksan Libinaki

Affiliation Dept. Biochem. and Mol. Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Mohsen Meydani

Affiliation Vascular Biology Laboratory, JM USDA-Human Nutr. Res. Ctr. On Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Angelo Azzi

Affiliation Vascular Biology Laboratory, JM USDA-Human Nutr. Res. Ctr. On Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

Regarding competing interests that may arise as recipient of a research fellowship by Phosphagenics. Ltd. (from 2007–2009), JMZ would like to declare that this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. JMZ would also like to declare as corresponding author, on behalf of all authors, that no one has declared potential competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMZ RL MM AA. Performed the experiments: JMZ RL. Analyzed the data: JMZ RL MM AA. Wrote the paper: JMZ.