About the Authors

Laura Buizza

Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Buizza, Giovanna Cenini

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Giovanna Cenini

Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Buizza, Giovanna Cenini

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, Sanders-Brown Centre on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Cristina Lanni

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Applied Pharmacology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Giulia Ferrari-Toninelli

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Chiara Prandelli

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Stefano Govoni

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Applied Pharmacology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Erica Buoso

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Applied Pharmacology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Marco Racchi

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Applied Pharmacology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Maria Barcikowska

Affiliation Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Science, Warszawa, Poland

Maria Styczynska

Affiliation Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Science, Warszawa, Poland

Aleksandra Szybinska

Affiliation Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warszawa, Poland

David Allan Butterfield

Affiliation Sanders-Brown Centre on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Maurizio Memo

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Daniela Uberti

uberti@med.unibs.it

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnologies, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DU MM. Performed the experiments: GC LB GFT CP CL EB MB MS AS. Analyzed the data: GC DU MM CL LB MR. Wrote the paper: DU MM. Critical discussion: MM SG DAB.