About the Authors

Benedetta Accordi

benedetta.accordi@unipd.it

Affiliation Oncohematology Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Virginia Espina

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Marco Giordan

Affiliation Oncohematology Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Amy VanMeter

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Gloria Milani

Affiliation Oncohematology Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Luisa Galla

Affiliation Oncohematology Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Maria Ruzzene

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry and Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Manuela Sciro

Affiliation Oncohematology Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Luca Trentin

Affiliation Oncohematology Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Ruggero De Maria

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy

Geertruy te Kronnie

Affiliation Oncohematology Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Emanuel Petricoin

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Lance Liotta

Affiliation Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Giuseppe Basso

Affiliation Oncohematology Laboratory, Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Competing Interests

Dr. Accordi, Dr. Basso, Dr. te Kronnie, Dr. Petricoin and Dr. Liotta have filed for a patent related to the AMPK pathway activation finding (Provisional Patent Application Number 61/064,692). The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BA VE MR GtK EP LL GB. Performed the experiments: BA AV GM LG MS LT. Analyzed the data: BA MG. Wrote the paper: BA MG MR GtK EP. Interpreted the data: BA VE MR GtK EP LL GB. Final approval: VE MR RDM GtK EP LL GB.