About the Authors

Francesco Pisani

Affiliation Department of Bioscience, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics and Center of Excellence in Comparative Genomics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70126, Bari, Italy

Paolo Settanni

Affiliation Department of Bioscience, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics and Center of Excellence in Comparative Genomics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70126, Bari, Italy

Stefania Rosito

Affiliation Department of Bioscience, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics and Center of Excellence in Comparative Genomics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70126, Bari, Italy

Maria Grazia Mola

Affiliation Department of Bioscience, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics and Center of Excellence in Comparative Genomics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70126, Bari, Italy

Raffaele Iorio

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, Neuroscience and Orthopedics, Institute of Neurology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

Carla Tortorella

Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70126, Bari, Italy

Maddalena Ruggieri

Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70126, Bari, Italy

Maria Trojano

Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70126, Bari, Italy

Maria Svelto

Affiliation Department of Bioscience, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics and Center of Excellence in Comparative Genomics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70126, Bari, Italy

Antonio Frigeri

antonio.frigeri@uniba.it

Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70126, Bari, Italy

Grazia Paola Nicchia

Affiliation Department of Bioscience, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics and Center of Excellence in Comparative Genomics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70126, Bari, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AF FP GPN. Performed the experiments: FP SR MGM PS. Analyzed the data: AF FP MT CT GPN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR CT RI MT MS. Wrote the paper: AF FP GPN.