About the Authors

Claudia Pileggi

Contributed equally to this work with: Claudia Pileggi, Maddalena Di Sanzo

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro "Magna Græcia", Catanzaro, Italy

Maddalena Di Sanzo

Contributed equally to this work with: Claudia Pileggi, Maddalena Di Sanzo

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Græcia", Catanzaro, Italy

Valentina Mascaro

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro "Magna Græcia", Catanzaro, Italy

Maria Grazia Marafioti

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Græcia", Catanzaro, Italy

Francesco Saverio Costanzo

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Catanzaro "Magna Græcia", Catanzaro, Italy

Maria Pavia

pavia@unicz.it

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro "Magna Græcia", Catanzaro, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CP MDS MP. Formal analysis: CP MDS VM MGM FSC MP. Investigation: CP MDS VM MGM FSC. Methodology: CP MDS VM MGM FSC. Project administration: MP. Supervision: MP. Validation: CP MDS VM MGM FSC MP. Visualization: CP. Writing – original draft: CP VM. Writing – review & editing: MP.