About the Authors

Ilaria Russo

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

Alessandro Luciani

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

Paola De Cicco

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

Edoardo Troncone

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

Carolina Ciacci

cciacci@unisa.it

Affiliation Chair of Gastroenterology, University of Salerno Medical School, Baronissi, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IR AL. Performed the experiments: PDC ET. Analyzed the data: IR AL CC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IR AL. Wrote the paper: IR AL CC.