About the Authors

Sara Martire

Affiliation Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Andrea Fuso

Affiliation Department of Psychology-Sec.Neuroscience, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Dante Rotili

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Studies, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Italo Tempera

Affiliation Fels Institute for Cancer Research & Molecular Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Cesare Giordano

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Studies, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Ivana De Zottis

Affiliation Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Alessia Muzi

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Roma “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Patrizia Vernole

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Cell Biology, University of Roma “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Grazia Graziani

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, University of Roma “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Emanuela Lococo

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

Martina Faraldi

Affiliation Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Bruno Maras

Affiliation Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Sigfrido Scarpa

Affiliation Department of Surgery “P.Valdoni”, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Luciana Mosca

Affiliation Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Maria d'Erme

maria.derme@uniroma1.it

Affiliations Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy, Instituto Pasteur Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM AF BM SS LM MDE. Performed the experiments: SM IDZ EL CG IT DR AM. Analyzed the data: MF PV GG MDE. Wrote the paper: SM AF IT BM LM MDE.