About the Authors

Chiara Bianca Maria Platania

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, Section of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Catania University, Catania, Italy

Salvatore Salomone

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, Section of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Catania University, Catania, Italy

Gian Marco Leggio

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, Section of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Catania University, Catania, Italy

Filippo Drago

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, Section of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Catania University, Catania, Italy

Claudio Bucolo

claudio.bucolo@unict.it

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, Section of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Catania University, Catania, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CBMP CB GML. Performed the experiments: CBMP. Analyzed the data: CBMP CB SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CBMP CB. Wrote the paper: CBMP CB GML SS FD.