About the Authors

Melania Melis

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy

Elena Atzori

Affiliation Department of Life and Environment Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy

Stefano Cabras

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy

Andrea Zonza

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy

Carla Calò

Affiliation Department of Life and Environment Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy

Patrizia Muroni

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy

Mariella Nieddu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy

Alessandra Padiglia

Affiliation Department of Life and Environment Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy

Valeria Sogos

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy

Beverly J. Tepper

Affiliation Department of Food Science, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Iole Tomassini Barbarossa

tomassin@unica.it

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP VS ITB. Performed the experiments: MM EA SC AZ PM MN. Analyzed the data: MM SC CC VS BJT ITB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP MN VS ITB. Wrote the manuscript: CC AP VS ITB. Supervised the project: ITB. Revised the manuscript for important intellectual content and edited the final version: BJT.