About the Authors

M. Loredana Marcovecchio

Contributed equally to this work with: M. Loredana Marcovecchio, Rosalba Florio

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy, Clinical Research Centre, Centre of Excellence on Aging, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy

Rosalba Florio

Contributed equally to this work with: M. Loredana Marcovecchio, Rosalba Florio

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy

Fabio Verginelli

Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy, Clinical Research Centre, Centre of Excellence on Aging, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy

Laura De Lellis

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy

Cristian Capelli

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Delfina Verzilli

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy

Francesco Chiarelli

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy, Clinical Research Centre, Centre of Excellence on Aging, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy

Angelika Mohn

amohn@unich.it

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy, Clinical Research Centre, Centre of Excellence on Aging, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy

Alessandro Cama

Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy, Clinical Research Centre, Centre of Excellence on Aging, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM AC FV. Performed the experiments: RF LDL DV. Analyzed the data: MLM AM RF LDL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC AM FC. Wrote the paper: MLM AM. Contributed to discussion and reviewed the manuscript: CC FC AC FV LDL.