Contributors
Renato Mastrangeli:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0294-8773
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Abhijeet Satwekar: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Writing – review & editing
Francesca Cutillo: Role: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole:
ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Cinzia Ciampolillo: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing
– review & editing
Wolf Palinsky: Role: Writing – review & editing
Salvatore Longobardi: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – original
draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Frederique Lisacek: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
7
September
2017
Publication date Collection: 2017
Volume: 12
Issue: 9
Electronic Location Identifier: e0184139
Affiliations
[1
]
Biotech Development Programme, Merck Serono S.p.A. (an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt,
Germany), Guidonia Montecelio, Rome, Italy
[2
]
Pharamceutical & Analytical Development Biotech Products, Merck Serono S.p.A. (an
affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany), Guidonia Montecelio, Rome, Italy
[3
]
Analytical BQC, Merck RBM S.p.A. (an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany),
Ivrea, Turin, Italy
[4
]
Biotech Development Programme, Merck Biopharma (an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt,
Germany), Aubonne, Switzerland
[5
]
Global Medical Affairs Fertility, Merck Serono S.p.A. (an affiliate of Merck KGaA,
Darmstadt, Germany), Guidonia Montecelio, Rome, Italy
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, SWITZERLAND
Author notes
Competing Interests: All authors are current employees of Merck Serono S.p.A., an affiliate of Merck KGaA,
Darmstadt, Germany. This paper describes data for a product currently marketed by
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all
PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-16-44640
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184139
PMC ID: 5589168
PubMed ID: 28880909
SO-VID: 8f83befd-8bd0-4454-adb5-ef9cbfb84b19
Copyright © © 2017 Mastrangeli et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
History
Date
received
: 24
December
2016
Date
accepted
: 18
August
2017
Page count
Figures: 2,
Tables: 3,
Pages: 15
Funding
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009945, Merck KGaA;
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0294-8773
Renato Mastrangeli
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009945, Merck KGaA;
Award Recipient
:
Abhijeet Satwekar
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009945, Merck KGaA;
Award Recipient
:
Francesca Cutillo
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009945, Merck KGaA;
Award Recipient
:
Cinzia Ciampolillo
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009945, Merck KGaA;
Award Recipient
:
Wolf Palinsky
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100009945, Merck KGaA;
Award Recipient
:
Salvatore Longobardi
This study was funded by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. The funder provided support
in the form of salaries for AS, CC, FC, RM, WP and SL. AS, CC, FC, RM, WP and SL had
additional roles in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish
and preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles of the authors are listed in
the ‘author contributions’ section. Medical writing assistance was provided by Steven
Goodrick of inScience Communications, UK, funded by Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
All authors participated in the manuscript development and revision and the decision
to publish the paper. The primary author (RM) is responsible for the manuscript content
and approval to submit the manuscript.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
Subject:
Glycobiology
Subject:
Glycosylation
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
Subject:
Proteins
Subject:
Post-Translational Modification
Subject:
Glycosylation
Subject:
Physical Sciences
Subject:
Mathematics
Subject:
Probability Theory
Subject:
Statistical Distributions
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Chromatographic Techniques
Subject:
Liquid Chromatography
Subject:
Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Subject:
Physical Sciences
Subject:
Chemistry
Subject:
Analytical Chemistry
Subject:
Mass Spectrometry
Subject:
Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Spectrum Analysis Techniques
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Mass Spectrometry
Subject:
Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
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Physical Sciences
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Chemistry
Subject:
Chemical Compounds
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Organic Compounds
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Carbohydrates
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Monosaccharides
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Sialic Acids
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Physical Sciences
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Chemistry
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Organic Chemistry
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Organic Compounds
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Carbohydrates
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Monosaccharides
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Sialic Acids
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Biochemistry
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Hormones
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Peptide Hormones
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Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
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Physical Sciences
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Chemistry
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Chemical Compounds
Subject:
Organic Compounds
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Amino Acids
Subject:
Acidic Amino Acids
Subject:
Asparagine
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Physical Sciences
Subject:
Chemistry
Subject:
Organic Chemistry
Subject:
Organic Compounds
Subject:
Amino Acids
Subject:
Acidic Amino Acids
Subject:
Asparagine
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
Subject:
Proteins
Subject:
Amino Acids
Subject:
Acidic Amino Acids
Subject:
Asparagine
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Cell Biology
Subject:
Cellular Types
Subject:
Animal Cells
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Germ Cells
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OVA
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Oocytes
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
Subject:
Enzymology
Subject:
Enzymes
Subject:
Chymotrypsin
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
Subject:
Proteins
Subject:
Enzymes
Subject:
Chymotrypsin
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