About the Authors

Caterina Cinti

Contributed equally to this work with: Caterina Cinti, Settimio Grimaldi

ccinti@ifc.cnr.it

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Physiology, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Siena, Italy

Monia Taranta

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Physiology, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Siena, Italy

Ilaria Naldi

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Physiology, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Siena, Italy

Settimio Grimaldi

Contributed equally to this work with: Caterina Cinti, Settimio Grimaldi

Affiliation Institute of Translational Pharmacology, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC SG. Performed the experiments: MT IN. Analyzed the data: CC MT IN SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CC SG. Wrote the manuscript: CC.