About the Authors

Domenico Flotta

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro ‘Magna Græcia’, Catanzaro, Italy

Paolo Rizza

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro ‘Magna Græcia’, Catanzaro, Italy

Pierluigi Coscarelli

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro ‘Magna Græcia’, Catanzaro, Italy

Claudia Pileggi

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro ‘Magna Græcia’, Catanzaro, Italy

Carmelo G. A. Nobile

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, 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

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP PR CGAN. Performed the experiments: PC CP DF. Analyzed the data: DF PG CP PR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DF MP. Wrote the paper: DF MP.