About the Authors

Tiziana Cabras

Affiliation Department of Life and Environment Sciences, Macrosection of Biomedicine, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy

Melania Melis

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy

Massimo Castagnola

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

Alessandra Padiglia

Affiliation Department of Life and Environment Sciences, Macrosection of Biomedicine, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy

Beverly J. Tepper

Affiliation Department of Food Science, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Irene Messana

Affiliation Department of Life and Environment Sciences, Macrosection of Biomedicine, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy

Iole Tomassini Barbarossa

tomassin@unica.it

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IM ITB. Performed the experiments: TC MM AP. Analyzed the data: TC MM MC ITB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IM MC ITB. Wrote the paper: TC IM ITB. Contributed to the critical discussion of the data: BJT. Contributed to the revision of paper: BJT. Contributed to the editing of the final version of the manuscript: BJT.