About the Authors

Cristina Angeloni

Affiliation Department for Life Quality Studies, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Silvia Turroni

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Laura Bianchi

Affiliation Functional Proteomics Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Daniele Fabbri

Affiliation Department for Life Quality Studies, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Elisa Motori

Affiliation Department for Life Quality Studies, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Marco Malaguti

Affiliation Department for Life Quality Studies, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Emanuela Leoncini

Affiliation Department for Life Quality Studies, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Tullia Maraldi

Affiliation Department of Surgical, Medical, Dental and Morphological Sciences with interest in Transplant, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Luca Bini

Affiliation Functional Proteomics Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Patrizia Brigidi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Silvana Hrelia

silvana.hrelia@unibo.it

Affiliation Department for Life Quality Studies, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CA SH. Performed the experiments: CA ST EM DF MM L. Bianchi EL TM. Analyzed the data: SH CA ST L. Bianchi TM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH L. Bini PB. Wrote the manuscript: CA SH ST L. Bianchi L. Bini.