About the Authors

Ivana Cacciatore

Contributed equally to this work with: Ivana Cacciatore, Mara Di Giulio

cacciatore@unich.it

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Mara Di Giulio

Contributed equally to this work with: Ivana Cacciatore, Mara Di Giulio

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Erika Fornasari

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Antonio Di Stefano

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Laura Serafina Cerasa

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Lisa Marinelli

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Hasan Turkez

Affiliations Department of Pharmacy, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Erzurum Technical University, Erzurum, Turkey

Emanuela Di Campli

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Soraya Di Bartolomeo

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Iole Robuffo

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Genetics, National Research Council (CNR) section of Chieti, Chieti, Italy

Luigina Cellini

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IC ADS LC. Performed the experiments: EF LSC HT LM EDC SDB IR. Analyzed the data: IC MDG EF ADS LSC LM HT EDC SDB IR LC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC ADS IC. Wrote the paper: IC LC MDG ADS.