About the Authors

Valerio Mori

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Biochemistry, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Adolfo Amici

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Biochemistry, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Francesca Mazzola

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Biochemistry, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Michele Di Stefano

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Laura Conforti

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Giulio Magni

Affiliation School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

Silverio Ruggieri

Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Nadia Raffaelli

Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Giuseppe Orsomando

g.orsomando@univpm.it

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Biochemistry, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GO AA. Performed the experiments: VM FM AA. Analyzed the data: GO VM AA FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GM LC MDS GO. Wrote the paper: GO NR SR. Animal work: LC MDS.