About the Authors

Francesca Capone

Affiliation CROM, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale”—IRCCS, Naples, Italy

Eliana Guerriero

Affiliation CROM, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale”—IRCCS, Naples, Italy

Giovanni Colonna

Affiliation Center of Medical Informatics–SIM/AOU—Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Patrizia Maio

Affiliation Unita`Operativa Malattie Infettive, Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale ‘‘San Giuseppe Moscati”, Avellino, Italy

Alessandra Mangia

Affiliation Liver Unit, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

Raffaele Marfella

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics and Metabolic Diseases, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Giuseppe Paolisso

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics and Metabolic Diseases, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Francesco Izzo

Affiliation Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale”—IRCCS, Naples, Italy

Nicoletta Potenza

Affiliation Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy

Luigi Tomeo

Affiliation Laboratorio Borriello SAS, Avellino, Italy

Giuseppe Castello

Affiliation CROM, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale”—IRCCS, Naples, Italy

Susan Costantini

s.costantini@istitutotumori.na.it

Affiliation CROM, Istituto Nazionale Tumori “Fondazione G. Pascale”—IRCCS, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC G. Colonna G. Castello. Performed the experiments: SC FC EG. Analyzed the data: SC FC EG NP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM AM GP RM LT FI. Wrote the paper: SC G. Colonna FC EG.