About the Authors

Ilaria Barchetta

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Marzia De Bernardinis

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Danila Capoccia

Affiliation Department of Medical Pathophysiology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Marco Giorgio Baroni

Affiliation Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Mario Fontana

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Antonio Fraioli

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Sergio Morini

Affiliation Human Anatomy, (CIR), University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Frida Leonetti

Affiliation Department of Medical Pathophysiology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Maria Gisella Cavallo

gisella.cavallo@uniroma1.it

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGC IB SM MGB. Performed the experiments: IB DC MDB. Analyzed the data: IB MGB MGC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IB AF MF FL. Wrote the paper: IB MDB MGC MGB.