About the Authors

Angela Corona

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Rita Meleddu

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Francesca Esposito

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Simona Distinto

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Giulia Bianco

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Takashi Masaoka

Affiliation National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Elias Maccioni

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Luis Menéndez-Arias

Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas & Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, Spain

Stefano Alcaro

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università Magna Graecia di Catanzaro, Campus “S. Venuta”, Viale Europa, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy

Stuart F. J. Le Grice

Affiliation National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Enzo Tramontano

tramon@unica.it

Affiliations Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, Istituto di Ricerca Genetica e Biomedica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy

Competing Interests

One author, Luis Menéndez-Arias, is currently serving on the editorial board of this journal.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ET SLG. Performed the experiments: AC RM FE SD GB TM. Analyzed the data: EM SA LMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LMA SA. Wrote the paper: AC ET SLG SD EM LMA.