About the Authors

Alessandro Ghezzo

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandro Ghezzo, Provvidenza M. Abruzzo, Arianna Vignini

Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Paola Visconti

Affiliation Neuropsichiatric Unit, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna, Italy

Provvidenza M. Abruzzo

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandro Ghezzo, Provvidenza M. Abruzzo, Arianna Vignini

Affiliations Department of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation ONLUS, Milan, Italy

Alessandra Bolotta

Affiliations Department of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation ONLUS, Milan, Italy

Carla Ferreri

Affiliation ISOF, CNR, Bologna, Italy

Giuseppe Gobbi

Affiliation Neuropsichiatric Unit, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna, Italy

Gemma Malisardi

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AmbrosiaLab, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Stefano Manfredini

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AmbrosiaLab, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Marina Marini

marina.marini@unibo.it

Affiliations Department of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation ONLUS, Milan, Italy

Laura Nanetti

Affiliation Dept of Clinical Sciences - Biochemistry, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Emanuela Pipitone

Affiliation Azienda USL, Bologna, Italy

Francesca Raffaelli

Affiliation Dept of Clinical Sciences - Biochemistry, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Federica Resca

Affiliation Neuropsichiatric Unit, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna, Italy

Arianna Vignini

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandro Ghezzo, Provvidenza M. Abruzzo, Arianna Vignini

Affiliation Dept of Clinical Sciences - Biochemistry, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Laura Mazzanti

Affiliation Dept of Clinical Sciences - Biochemistry, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG PV PMA MM LM. Performed the experiments: PMA AB CF GM LN F. Raffaelli AV. Analyzed the data: AG CF PV PMA MM EP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CF SM. Wrote the paper: AG PV PMA MM. Clinical evaluation: F. Resca PV. Recruitment of patients: GG.