About the Authors

Francesco Napolitano

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Maria Teresa Izzo

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Gabriella Di Giuseppe

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Italo F. Angelillo

italof.angelillo@unina2.it

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

and the Collaborative Working Group

Membership of the Collaborative Working Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FN IFA. Performed the experiments: FN MTI GDG IFA. Analyzed the data: FN GDG IFA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FN MTI GDG IFA. Wrote the paper: IFA.