About the Authors

Roberta Assante

Contributed equally to this work with: Roberta Assante, Emilia Zampella

Affiliation Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Emilia Zampella

Contributed equally to this work with: Roberta Assante, Emilia Zampella

Affiliation Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Wanda Acampa

Affiliation Institute of Biostructure and Bioimaging, National Council of Research, Naples, Italy

Carmela Nappi

Affiliation Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Valeria Gaudieri

Affiliation Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Nicola Frega

Affiliation Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Davide D’Arienzo

Affiliation Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Marianna Tuccillo

Affiliation Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Pierpaolo Di Lorenzo

Affiliation Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Claudio Buccelli

Affiliation Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Mario Petretta

Affiliation Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Alberto Cuocolo

cuocolo@unina.it

Affiliation Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RA EZ WA CB MP AC. Performed the experiments: CN VG NF DD MT PDL. Analyzed the data: RA EZ WA CN. Wrote the paper: RA EZ WA PDL CB MP AC.