About the Authors

Aida Bianco

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro Magna Græcia, Catanzaro, Italy

Barbara Quaresima

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro Magna Græcia, Catanzaro, Italy

Claudia Pileggi

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro Magna Græcia, Catanzaro, Italy

Maria Concetta Faniello

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro Magna Græcia, Catanzaro, Italy

Carlo De Lorenzo

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro Magna Græcia, Catanzaro, Italy

Francesco Costanzo

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro Magna Græcia, Catanzaro, Italy

Maria Pavia

pavia@unicz.it

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro Magna Græcia, Catanzaro, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the first draft of the article: AB BQ. Searched the literature and extracted the data: AB CP CD MCF. Guarantors for the study: FC MP. Had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis: MP AB BQ CP MF CDL FC. Read and approved the manuscript: MP AB BQ CP MF CDL FC. Conceived and designed the experiments: AB, BQ, MP, FC. Performed the experiments: AB, CP, CD, MCF. Analyzed the data: AB, CP. Wrote the paper: MP, FC.