About the Authors

Gloria Brombo

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Gerontology and Clinical Nutrition, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Stefano Volpato

vlt@unife.it

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Gerontology and Clinical Nutrition, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Paola Secchiero

Affiliation Department of Morphology and Embryology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Angelina Passaro

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Gerontology and Clinical Nutrition, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Cristina Bosi

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Gerontology and Clinical Nutrition, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Giovanni Zuliani

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, Gerontology and Clinical Nutrition, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Giorgio Zauli

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GB SV PS G. Zauli. Performed the experiments: PS CB AP. Analyzed the data: SV GB G. Zuliani. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS CB AP. Wrote the paper: GB SV PS G. Zuliani G. Zauli.