About the Authors

Maddalena Di Sanzo

Affiliation Research Center of Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Salvatore Venuta Campus, Catanzaro, Italy

Ilenia Aversa

Affiliation Research Center of Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Salvatore Venuta Campus, Catanzaro, Italy

Gianluca Santamaria

Affiliation Research Center of Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Salvatore Venuta Campus, Catanzaro, Italy

Monica Gagliardi

Affiliation IBFM-CNR, c/o Università Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy

Mariafranca Panebianco

Affiliation Research Center of Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Salvatore Venuta Campus, Catanzaro, Italy

Flavia Biamonte

Affiliation Research Center of Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Salvatore Venuta Campus, Catanzaro, Italy

Fabiana Zolea

Affiliation Research Center of Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Salvatore Venuta Campus, Catanzaro, Italy

Maria Concetta Faniello

Affiliation Research Center of Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Salvatore Venuta Campus, Catanzaro, Italy

Giovanni Cuda

Contributed equally to this work with: Giovanni Cuda, Francesco Costanzo

Affiliation Research Center of Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Salvatore Venuta Campus, Catanzaro, Italy

Francesco Costanzo

Contributed equally to this work with: Giovanni Cuda, Francesco Costanzo

fsc@unicz.it

Affiliation Research Center of Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Salvatore Venuta Campus, Catanzaro, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDS MCF GC FC. Performed the experiments: MDS IA MCF FZ MG. Analyzed the data: MDS MCF GC FC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDS IA GS MCF MP FB FZ. Wrote the paper: MDS MCF CG FC.