About the Authors

Nicoletta Vitale

Current address: Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Centre, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

Annamaria Kisslinger

Affiliation Institute of Oncology and Experimental Endocrinology, CNR, Naples, Italy

Simona Paladino

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

Claudio Procaccini

Affiliation Institute of Oncology and Experimental Endocrinology, CNR, Naples, Italy

Giuseppe Matarese

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Baronissi Campus, Salerno, Italy, IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan, Italy

Giovanna Maria Pierantoni

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

Francesco Paolo Mancini

Affiliation Department of Sciences and Technologies, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy

Donatella Tramontano

dtramont@unina.it

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DT. Performed the experiments: NV AK SP. Analyzed the data: DT FPM GMP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM CP. Wrote the paper: DT FPM.