About the Authors

Giuseppina Rose

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

Paolina Crocco

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

Francesco De Rango

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

Alberto Montesanto

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

Giuseppe Passarino

g.passarino@unical.it

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GR GP. Performed the experiments: PC. Analyzed the data: FDR AM. Wrote the paper: GR GP. Read and discussed the final form of the manuscript: GR PC FDR AM GP.