About the Authors

Marcella Reale

mreale@unich.it (MR); greign@grc.nia.nih.gov (NG)

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy

Mohammad A. Kamal

Affiliation King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Antonia Patruno

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Aging Science, University 'G. d'Annunzio' of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Erica Costantini

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy

Chiara D'Angelo

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Sciences, University “G. d'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy

Miko Pesce

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Aging Science, University 'G. d'Annunzio' of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Nigel H. Greig

mreale@unich.it (MR); greign@grc.nia.nih.gov (NG)

Affiliation Drug Design and Development Section, Translational Gerontology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR AP EC CA MP. Performed the experiments: MR AP EC CA MP. Analyzed the data: MR MK EC CA NG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP MP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MR MK NG. Figures: MR NG.