About the Authors

Cristian Vergallo

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristian Vergallo, Meysam Ahmadi

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Technology (Di.S.Te.B.A.), University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy

Meysam Ahmadi

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristian Vergallo, Meysam Ahmadi

Affiliations Laboratory of Membrane Biophysics and Macromolecules, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, 13145-1384 Tehran, Iran, Neuroscience Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 76175-113 Kerman, Iran

Hamid Mobasheri

Affiliations Laboratory of Membrane Biophysics and Macromolecules, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, 13145-1384 Tehran, Iran, Biomaterials Research Center (BRC), University of Tehran, 13145-1384 Tehran, Iran

Luciana Dini

luciana.dini@unisalento.it

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Technology (Di.S.Te.B.A.), University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LD CV MA. Performed the experiments: MA CV. Analyzed the data: CV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LD. Wrote the paper: LD CV HM.