About the Authors

Sante Roperto

sante.roperto@unina.it

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Animal Health, Division of Infectious Diseases, Naples University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Roberta De Tullio

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Biochemistry Section and Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Research (CEBR), University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Cinzia Raso

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Clinics, University of Catanzaro ‘Magna Graecia’, Catanzaro, Italy

Roberto Stifanese

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Biochemistry Section and Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Research (CEBR), University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Valeria Russo

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Animal Health, Division of General Pathology, Naples University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Marco Gaspari

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Clinics, University of Catanzaro ‘Magna Graecia’, Catanzaro, Italy

Giuseppe Borzacchiello

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Animal Health, Division of General Pathology, Naples University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Monica Averna

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Biochemistry Section and Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Research (CEBR), University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Orlando Paciello

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Animal Health, Division of General Pathology, Naples University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Gianni Cuda

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Clinics, University of Catanzaro ‘Magna Graecia’, Catanzaro, Italy

Franco Roperto

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Animal Health, Division of General Pathology, Naples University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR FR. Performed the experiments: SR. Analyzed the data: SR RDT CR RS VR MG GB MA OP GC FR. Wrote the paper: SR FR.