About the Authors

Francesca Buontempo

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

francesca.buontempo3@unibo.it

Affiliation University of Bologna, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Bologna, Italy

Ester Orsini

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation University of Bologna, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Bologna, Italy

Isabella Zironi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations University of Bologna, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bologna, Italy, University of Bologna, Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, Bologna, Italy, Interdepartmental Centre “L. Galvani” (CIG) for integrated studies of bioinformatics, biophysics and biocomplexity, Bologna, Italy

Lorenzo Isolan

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software

Affiliations European Institute of Oncology and Monzino Cardiac Center Foundation (IEO-CCM), Milano, Italy, University of Bologna, Department of Industrial Engineering, Bologna, Italy

Alessandra Cappellini

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Department of Human Social and Health Sciences, Cassino, Italy

Stefania Rapino

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Interdepartmental Centre “L. Galvani” (CIG) for integrated studies of bioinformatics, biophysics and biocomplexity, Bologna, Italy, National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Bologna, Italy

Agostino Tartari

Roles Methodology

Affiliation European Institute of Oncology and Monzino Cardiac Center Foundation (IEO-CCM), Milano, Italy

Domiziano Mostacci

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation European Institute of Oncology and Monzino Cardiac Center Foundation (IEO-CCM), Milano, Italy

Giorgio Cucchi

Roles Methodology

Affiliation European Institute of Oncology and Monzino Cardiac Center Foundation (IEO-CCM), Milano, Italy

Alberto Maria Martelli

Roles Supervision

Affiliation University of Bologna, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Bologna, Italy

Marco Sumini

Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Sumini, Gastone Castellani

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of Bologna, Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, Bologna, Italy, European Institute of Oncology and Monzino Cardiac Center Foundation (IEO-CCM), Milano, Italy

Gastone Castellani

Contributed equally to this work with: Marco Sumini, Gastone Castellani

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University of Bologna, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bologna, Italy, University of Bologna, Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, Bologna, Italy, Interdepartmental Centre “L. Galvani” (CIG) for integrated studies of bioinformatics, biophysics and biocomplexity, Bologna, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.