About the Authors

Francesca Rosignolo

francesca.rosignolo@uniroma1.it

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy

Marialuisa Sponziello

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy

Cosimo Durante

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy

Cinzia Puppin

Affiliation Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy

Catia Mio

Affiliation Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy

Federica Baldan

Affiliation Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy

Carla Di Loreto

Affiliations Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy, Department of Oncology, University Hospital “S. Maria della Misericordia”, 33100 Udine, Italy

Diego Russo

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy

Sebastiano Filetti

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Damante

Affiliations Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy, Department of Oncology, University Hospital “S. Maria della Misericordia”, 33100 Udine, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GD SF DR CD FR. Performed the experiments: FR MS CP CM FB CDL. Analyzed the data: FR GD CDL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GD DR SF CDL. Wrote the paper: FR MS GD.