About the Authors

Alessia Garufi

Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology, Molecular Oncogenesis Laboratory, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Giuseppa Pistritto

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Section of Pharmacology, University “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Claudia Ceci

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Section of Pharmacology, University “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Livia Di Renzo

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Institute Pasteur-Foundation Cenci Bolognetti, “Sapienza” University, Rome, Italy

Roberta Santarelli

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Institute Pasteur-Foundation Cenci Bolognetti, “Sapienza” University, Rome, Italy

Alberto Faggioni

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Institute Pasteur-Foundation Cenci Bolognetti, “Sapienza” University, Rome, Italy

Mara Cirone

gdorazi@unich.it (GD); mara.cirone@uniroma1.it (MC)

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Institute Pasteur-Foundation Cenci Bolognetti, “Sapienza” University, Rome, Italy

Gabriella D’Orazi

gdorazi@unich.it (GD); mara.cirone@uniroma1.it (MC)

Affiliations Department of Experimental Oncology, Molecular Oncogenesis Laboratory, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy, Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University “G. d’Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GDO MC. Performed the experiments: AG GP CC LDR RS. Analyzed the data: GDO MC GP LDR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AF. Wrote the paper: GDO MC. Critical discussion: AF.