About the Authors

Camilla Sampaoli

Affiliations Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Research Center, San Pietro Hospital, Rome, Italy

Lidia Cerquetti

Affiliations Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Research Center, San Pietro Hospital, Rome, Italy

Randa El Gawhary

Affiliation Radiation Oncology Unit, San Pietro Hospital, Rome, Italy

Barbara Bucci

Affiliation Research Center, San Pietro Hospital, Rome, Italy

Donatella Amendola

Affiliation Research Center, San Pietro Hospital, Rome, Italy

Rodolfo Marchese

Affiliation Research Center, San Pietro Hospital, Rome, Italy

Silvia Misiti

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Novelli

Affiliation Research Center, San Pietro Hospital, Rome, Italy

Vincenzo Toscano

Affiliation Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Antonio Stigliano

antonio.stigliano@uniroma1.it

Affiliations Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Research Center, San Pietro Hospital, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS LC AS. Performed the experiments: CS REG BB DA RM. Analyzed the data: CS LC BB SM AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB RM VT. Wrote the paper: CS LC AS. Critical reading: GN VT.