About the Authors

Angela Marie Abbatecola

Affiliation Scientific Direction, Italian National Research Center on Aging (INRCA), Ancona, Italy

Fabrizia Lattanzio

Affiliation Scientific Direction, Italian National Research Center on Aging (INRCA), Ancona, Italy

Liana Spazzafumo

Affiliation Statistic and Biometry Center, Department of Gerontological Research, Italian National Institute on Aging, Ancona, Italy

Anna Maria Molinari

Affiliation Department of General Pathology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Michele Cioffi

Affiliation Department of General Pathology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Raffaele Canonico

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine and Metabolic Diseases, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Luigi DiCioccio

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Santa Scolastica Hospital, Cassino, Italy

Giuseppe Paolisso

giuseppe.paolisso@unina2.it

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine and Metabolic Diseases, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMA FL GP. Performed the experiments: AMA AMM MC RC LD. Analyzed the data: AMA LS RC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMM MC. Wrote the paper: AMA FL LS GP.