About the Authors

Ersilia Castaldo

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome-Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Donata Sabato

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome-Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Davide Lauro

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome-Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Giorgio Sesti

sesti@unicz.it

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Græcia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

Maria Adelaide Marini

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rome-Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GS MAM. Performed the experiments: EC DS MAM. Analyzed the data: GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EC DS. Wrote the paper: GS. Interpretation of data: GS DL MAM. Revision of manuscript: DL MAM.