About the Authors

Carmela De Marco

Affiliations Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy, Biogem Scarl, Institute for Genetic Research “Gaetano Salvatore”, Ariano Irpino, Avellino, Italy

Nicola Rinaldo

Affiliation Biogem Scarl, Institute for Genetic Research “Gaetano Salvatore”, Ariano Irpino, Avellino, Italy

Paola Bruni

Affiliation Casa di Cura “Malzoni-Villa dei Platani”, Avellino, Italy

Carmine Malzoni

Affiliation Casa di Cura “Malzoni-Villa dei Platani”, Avellino, Italy

Fulvio Zullo

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

Fernanda Fabiani

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

Simona Losito

Affiliation Fondazione “G Pascale”, National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy

Marianna Scrima

Affiliations Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy, Biogem Scarl, Institute for Genetic Research “Gaetano Salvatore”, Ariano Irpino, Avellino, Italy

Federica Zito Marino

Affiliation Fondazione “G Pascale”, National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy

Renato Franco

Affiliation Fondazione “G Pascale”, National Cancer Institute, Naples, Italy

Alfina Quintiero

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

Valter Agosti

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

Giuseppe Viglietto

viglietto@unicz.it

Affiliations Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia, Catanzaro, Italy, Biogem Scarl, Institute for Genetic Research “Gaetano Salvatore”, Ariano Irpino, Avellino, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GV CDM. Performed the experiments: CDM NR FF FZM MS. Analyzed the data: CDM SL RF VA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM PB FZ MS AQ. Wrote the paper: GV CDM.