About the Authors

Marco Barba

Affiliation Department of Biology, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

Anatoli P. Sobolev

Affiliation Institute of Chemical Methodologies, CNR, Monterotondo Stazione, Italy

Veranika Zobnina

Affiliation Department of Biology, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

Maria Carmela Bonaccorsi di Patti

Affiliation Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Laura Cervoni

Affiliation Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Maria Carolina Spiezia

Affiliation Department of Biology, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy

M. Eugenia Schininà

Affiliation Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Donatella Pietraforte

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Luisa Mannina

Affiliations Institute of Chemical Methodologies, CNR, Monterotondo Stazione, Italy, Department of Drug Sciences and Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Giovanni Musci

Affiliations Department of Biology, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy, STAAM Department, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy

Fabio Polticelli

polticel@uniroma3.it

Affiliations Department of Biology, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy, National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Roma Tre Section, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB GM FP. Performed the experiments: MB APS VZ MCB LC MCS MES DP LM GM FP. Analyzed the data: MB APS VZ MCB LC MCS MES DP LM GM FP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCB LC MCS MES DP LM GM FP. Wrote the paper: MB GM FP. The paper was written with significant contributions from all authors: MB APS VZ MCB LC MCS MES DP LM GM FP.