About the Authors

Annarita Falanga

Affiliations Division of Biostructures, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Napoli, Italy, Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sui Peptidi Bioattivi, University of Naples “Federico II”, Napoli, Italy

Rossella Tarallo

Affiliation Division of Biostructures, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Napoli, Italy

Giuseppe Vitiello

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Naples “Federico II” and Consorzio per lo Studio dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase, CSGI, Monte Sant'Angelo, Napoli, Italy

Mariateresa Vitiello

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, II University of Naples, Napoli, Italy

Emiliana Perillo

Affiliation Division of Biostructures, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Napoli, Italy

Marco Cantisani

Affiliations Division of Biostructures, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Napoli, Italy, Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sui Peptidi Bioattivi, University of Naples “Federico II”, Napoli, Italy

Gerardino D'Errico

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Naples “Federico II” and Consorzio per lo Studio dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase, CSGI, Monte Sant'Angelo, Napoli, Italy

Massimiliano Galdiero

massimiliano.galdiero@unina2.it (MG); sgaldier@unina.it (SG)

Affiliations Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sui Peptidi Bioattivi, University of Naples “Federico II”, Napoli, Italy, Department of Experimental Medicine, II University of Naples, Napoli, Italy

Stefania Galdiero

massimiliano.galdiero@unina2.it (MG); sgaldier@unina.it (SG)

Affiliations Division of Biostructures, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Napoli, Italy, Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca sui Peptidi Bioattivi, University of Naples “Federico II”, Napoli, Italy, Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, CNR, Napoli, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG SG. Performed the experiments: AF RT GV MV EP MC. Analyzed the data: AF GD MG SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG SG. Wrote the paper: AF GD MG SG.