About the Authors

Giuseppe Mameli

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Giordano Madeddu

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Alessandra Mei

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Elena Uleri

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Luciana Poddighe

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Lucia G. Delogu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Ivana Maida

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Sergio Babudieri

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Caterina Serra

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Roberto Manetti

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Maria S. Mura

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Antonina Dolei

doleivir@uniss.it

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AD G. Mameli G. Madeddu MSM. Performed the experiments: AM LP EU CS RM. Analyzed the data: AD G. Mameli G. Madeddu RM LGD SB IM MSM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS RM LGD G. Mameli G. Madeddu. Wrote the paper: AD. Advised and edited manuscript: AD G. Mameli G. Madeddu MSM SB IM. Approved the final version of the manuscript: AD G. Mameli G. Madeddu AM EU LP LGD IM SB CS RM MSM. Performed the clinical and laboratory studies: MSM SB G. Madeddu IM. Performed the statistical analysis: G. Madeddu.