About the Authors

Samuele De Minicis

g.svegliati@univpm.it (GS-B); s.deminicis@yahoo.it (SDM)

Affiliation Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of Gastroenterology, Ancona, Italy

Laura Agostinelli

Affiliation Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of Gastroenterology, Ancona, Italy

Chiara Rychlicki

Affiliation Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of Gastroenterology, Ancona, Italy

Gian Pio Sorice

Affiliations Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Policlinico Gemelli, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, Rome, Italy, Diabetic Care Clinics, ACISMOM, Rome, Italy

Stefania Saccomanno

Affiliation Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of Gastroenterology, Ancona, Italy

Cinzia Candelaresi

Affiliation Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of Gastroenterology, Ancona, Italy

Andrea Giaccari

Affiliations Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Policlinico Gemelli, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, Rome, Italy, Don Gnocchi Foundation Onlus, Milan, Italy

Luciano Trozzi

Affiliation Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of Gastroenterology, Ancona, Italy

Irene Pierantonelli

Affiliation Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of Gastroenterology, Ancona, Italy

Eleonora Mingarelli

Affiliation Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of Gastroenterology, Ancona, Italy

Marco Marzioni

Affiliation Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of Gastroenterology, Ancona, Italy

Giovanna Muscogiuri

Affiliation Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Policlinico Gemelli, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, Rome, Italy

Melania Gaggini

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Physiology, Head of Cardiometabolic Risk Unit, Pisa, Italy

Antonio Benedetti

Affiliation Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of Gastroenterology, Ancona, Italy

Amalia Gastaldelli

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Physiology, Head of Cardiometabolic Risk Unit, Pisa, Italy

Maria Guido

Affiliation Università di Padova, Department of Medicine Anatomic Pathology Unit, Padova, Italy

Gianluca Svegliati-Baroni

g.svegliati@univpm.it (GS-B); s.deminicis@yahoo.it (SDM)

Affiliations Università Politecnica delle Marche, Department of Gastroenterology, Ancona, Italy, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Obesity Center, Ancona, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDM GS-B. Performed the experiments: LA CR EM IP GPS LT. Analyzed the data: SDM CR LA CC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SDM LT SS GM. Wrote the paper: SDM CR LA GS-B MG AG AG AB MM.