About the Authors

Cristina Cossetti

Affiliation SBGSA, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Luana Lugini

Affiliation Unit of Antitumor Drugs, Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Letizia Astrologo

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology “Charles Darwin”, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Isabella Saggio

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology “Charles Darwin”, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Stefano Fais

Affiliation Unit of Antitumor Drugs, Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Corrado Spadafora

cspadaf@tin.it

Affiliation SBGSA, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS CC SF. Performed the experiments: CC LL LA. Analyzed the data: CS CC LL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IS. Wrote the paper: CS.