About the Authors

Giovanni Sarnelli

sarnelli@unina.it (GS); giuseppe.esposito@uniroma1.it (GE)

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Alessandra D’Alessandro

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Teresa Iuvone

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Elena Capoccia

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology ‘Vittorio Erspamer’, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Stefano Gigli

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology ‘Vittorio Erspamer’, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Marcella Pesce

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Luisa Seguella

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology ‘Vittorio Erspamer’, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Nicola Nobile

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology ‘Vittorio Erspamer’, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Giovanni Aprea

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Francesco Maione

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Giovanni Domenico de Palma

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Rosario Cuomo

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Luca Steardo

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology ‘Vittorio Erspamer’, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Esposito

sarnelli@unina.it (GS); giuseppe.esposito@uniroma1.it (GE)

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology ‘Vittorio Erspamer’, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GS GE. Performed the experiments: TI EC SG L. Seguella NN. Analyzed the data: AD MP FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC GA GdP L. Steardo. Wrote the paper: AD MP.