About the Authors

Pierpaolo Aimola

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, Department of Basic and Applied Biology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Marco Carmignani

Affiliation Department of Basic and Applied Biology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Anna Rita Volpe

Affiliation Department of Basic and Applied Biology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Altomare Di Benedetto

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, Department of Basic and Applied Biology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Luigi Claudio

Affiliation Department of Urology, National Cancer Institute “Fondazione Senatore Pascale”, Naples, Italy

Michael P. Waalkes

Affiliation National Toxicology Program at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Adrie van Bokhoven

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Erik J. Tokar

Affiliation National Toxicology Program at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Pier Paolo Claudio

claudiop@marshall.edu

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PPC PA MC. Performed the experiments: PA ADB. Analyzed the data: PPC PA MC LC MPW ARV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PPC MPW AvB EJT. Wrote the paper: PPC PA.