About the Authors

Alessia Ligresti

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessia Ligresti, Luciano De Petrocellis

Affiliations Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Pozzuoli, Italy, Endocannabinoid Research Group, Pozzuoli and Naples, Italy

Luciano De Petrocellis

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessia Ligresti, Luciano De Petrocellis

Affiliations Endocannabinoid Research Group, Pozzuoli and Naples, Italy, Institute of Cybernetics, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Pozzuoli, Italy

Dolores Hernán Pérez de la Ossa

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain

Rosario Aberturas

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, Alcalá University, Madrid, Spain

Luigia Cristino

Affiliations Endocannabinoid Research Group, Pozzuoli and Naples, Italy, Institute of Cybernetics, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Pozzuoli, Italy

Aniello Schiano Moriello

Affiliations Endocannabinoid Research Group, Pozzuoli and Naples, Italy, Institute of Cybernetics, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Pozzuoli, Italy

Andrea Finizio

Affiliation Institute of Cybernetics, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Pozzuoli, Italy

Mª.Esther Gil

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain

Ana-Isabel Torres

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain

Jesús Molpeceres

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, Alcalá University, Madrid, Spain

Vincenzo Di Marzo

vdimarzo@icmib.na.cnr.it

Affiliations Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Pozzuoli, Italy, Endocannabinoid Research Group, Pozzuoli and Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL LDP MEG AIT VDM. Performed the experiments: AL LDP DHPdlO RA LC ASM AF. Analyzed the data: AL LDP MEG AIT JM VDM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DHPdlO AF AIT JM. Wrote the paper: AL LDP VDM.