About the Authors

Stefano Falone

Affiliations Department of Basic and Applied Biology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti Scalo, Italy

Antonella D'Alessandro

Affiliation Department of Basic and Applied Biology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Alessandro Mirabilio

Affiliation Department of Basic and Applied Biology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Giacomo Petruccelli

Affiliation Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti Scalo, Italy

Marisa Cacchio

Affiliation Department of Basic and Applied Medical Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti Scalo, Italy

Carmine Di Ilio

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti Scalo, Italy

Silvia Di Loreto

Affiliation Institute of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council, L'Aquila, Italy

Fernanda Amicarelli

fernanda.amicarelli@univaq.it

Affiliation Department of Basic and Applied Biology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FA. Performed the experiments: SF AD AM GP SDL. Analyzed the data: SF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SF MC CDI. Wrote the paper: SF FA.