About the Authors

Annamaria Petito

Contributed equally to this work with: Annamaria Petito, Mario Altamura, Salvatore Iuso, Flavia A. Padalino, Antonello Bellomo

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Psychiatry Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Mario Altamura

Contributed equally to this work with: Annamaria Petito, Mario Altamura, Salvatore Iuso, Flavia A. Padalino, Antonello Bellomo

m_altamura@virgilio.it

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Psychiatry Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Salvatore Iuso

Contributed equally to this work with: Annamaria Petito, Mario Altamura, Salvatore Iuso, Flavia A. Padalino, Antonello Bellomo

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Psychiatry Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Flavia A. Padalino

Contributed equally to this work with: Annamaria Petito, Mario Altamura, Salvatore Iuso, Flavia A. Padalino, Antonello Bellomo

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Psychiatry Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Francesco Sessa

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Medical Genetics, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Giovanna D'Andrea

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Medical Genetics, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Maurizio Margaglione

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Medical Genetics, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Antonello Bellomo

Contributed equally to this work with: Annamaria Petito, Mario Altamura, Salvatore Iuso, Flavia A. Padalino, Antonello Bellomo

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Psychiatry Unit, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA AP AB. Performed the experiments: MA AP SI FAP. Analyzed the data: MA AP SI MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM GD FS. Wrote the paper: MA AP SI AB MM.