About the Authors

Stefania Cocco

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, Dept. of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, School of Medicine, “Federico II” University of Naples, Via Sergio Pansini 5, Naples, 80131, Italy

Agnese Secondo

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, Dept. of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, School of Medicine, “Federico II” University of Naples, Via Sergio Pansini 5, Naples, 80131, Italy

Adelaide Del Viscovo

Affiliation Dept. of Science and Technology-DST, University of Sannio, via Port'Arsa 11, 82100 Benevento, Italy

Claudio Procaccini

Affiliation Laboratorio di Immunologia, Istituto di Endocrinologia e Oncologia Sperimentale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IEOS-CNR), c/o Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Napoli, Italy

Luigi Formisano

Affiliation Dept. of Science and Technology-DST, University of Sannio, via Port'Arsa 11, 82100 Benevento, Italy

Cristina Franco

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, Dept. of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, School of Medicine, “Federico II” University of Naples, Via Sergio Pansini 5, Naples, 80131, Italy

Alba Esposito

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, Dept. of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, School of Medicine, “Federico II” University of Naples, Via Sergio Pansini 5, Naples, 80131, Italy

Antonella Scorziello

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, Dept. of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, School of Medicine, “Federico II” University of Naples, Via Sergio Pansini 5, Naples, 80131, Italy

Giuseppe Matarese

Affiliations Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Salerno, Baronissi Campus, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy, IRCCS MultiMedica, Milano, Italy

Gianfranco Di Renzo

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology, Dept. of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, School of Medicine, “Federico II” University of Naples, Via Sergio Pansini 5, Naples, 80131, Italy

Lorella Maria Teresa Canzoniero

canzoniero@unisannio.it

Affiliation Dept. of Science and Technology-DST, University of Sannio, via Port'Arsa 11, 82100 Benevento, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMTC GDR A. Secondo. Performed the experiments: SC A. Secondo ADV LF CP A. Scorziello AE CF. Analyzed the data: A. Secondo A. Scorziello GM LMTC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CP GM. Wrote the paper: LMTC GDR GM A. Secondo.