About the Authors

Daniele De Filippis

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniele De Filippis, Giuseppe Esposito

Affiliations Department of Experimental Pharmacology, University of Naples FEDERICO II, Naples, Italy, Endocannabinoid Research Group, Pozzuoli, Italy

Giuseppe Esposito

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniele De Filippis, Giuseppe Esposito

Affiliation Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology V. Erspamer, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Carla Cirillo

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Naples FEDERICO II, Naples, Italy

Mariateresa Cipriano

Affiliations Department of Experimental Pharmacology, University of Naples FEDERICO II, Naples, Italy, Endocannabinoid Research Group, Pozzuoli, Italy

Benedicte Y. De Winter

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Caterina Scuderi

Affiliation Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology V. Erspamer, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Giovanni Sarnelli

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Naples FEDERICO II, Naples, Italy

Rosario Cuomo

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Naples FEDERICO II, Naples, Italy

Luca Steardo

Affiliation Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology V. Erspamer, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Joris G. De Man

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Teresa Iuvone

iuvone@unina.it

Affiliations Department of Experimental Pharmacology, University of Naples FEDERICO II, Naples, Italy, Endocannabinoid Research Group, Pozzuoli, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DDF GE CC RC JDM BDW LS TI. Performed the experiments: DDF GE CC MC GS CS. Analyzed the data: BDW RC JDM TI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DDF GE CC RC JDM BDW LS TI. Wrote the paper: DDF GE CC RC JDM BDW LS TI.