About the Authors

Marco Fazzari

Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Fazzari, Andrés Trostchansky

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Fondazione Ri.MED, Palermo, Italy

Andrés Trostchansky

Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Fazzari, Andrés Trostchansky

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

Francisco J. Schopfer

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sonia R. Salvatore

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Beatriz Sánchez-Calvo

Affiliation Departamento de Biología Experimental, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Andalucía, Spain

Dario Vitturi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Raquel Valderrama

Affiliation Departamento de Biología Experimental, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Andalucía, Spain

Juan B. Barroso

Affiliation Departamento de Biología Experimental, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Andalucía, Spain

Rafael Radi

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

Bruce A. Freeman

hrubbo@fmed.edu.uy (HR); freerad@pitt.edu (BAF)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Homero Rubbo

hrubbo@fmed.edu.uy (HR); freerad@pitt.edu (BAF)

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: BAF and FJS acknowledge financial interest in Complexa, Inc. 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: AT MF FJS SRS RR BAF HR. Performed the experiments: AT MF FJS BSC DV. Analyzed the data: AT MF FJS SRS JBB RR BAF HR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AT RV JBB RR BAF HR. Wrote the paper: AT MF FJS SRS JBB RR BAF HR.