About the Authors
- Elisabetta Balestro
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Fiorella Calabrese
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Graziella Turato
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Francesca Lunardi
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Erica Bazzan
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Giuseppe Marulli
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Davide Biondini
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Emanuela Rossi
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Alessandro Sanduzzi
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, Napoli, Italy
- Federico Rea
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Chiara Rigobello
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Dario Gregori
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Simonetta Baraldo
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Paolo Spagnolo
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Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Manuel G. Cosio
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Contributed equally to this work with: Manuel G. Cosio, Marina Saetta
Affiliations Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, Respiratory Division Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Marina Saetta
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Contributed equally to this work with: Manuel G. Cosio, Marina Saetta
* E-mail: marina.saetta@unipd.it
Affiliation Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Competing Interests
MS reported a Grant by Takeda LtD to the Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, outside the submitted work. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EB FC GT FR SB MGC MS. Performed the experiments: FL EB GM DB ER AS CR. Analyzed the data: FL EB GM DB ER AS CR. Wrote the paper: EB FC GT FR SB PS MGC MS. Did the statistical analysis: DG GT.