About the Authors

Grazia Tundo

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy

Chiara Ciaccio

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy

Diego Sbardella

Affiliations Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy, Interuniversity Consortium for the Research on the Chemistry of Metals in Biological Systems, Bari, Italy

Mariaserena Boraso

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Barbara Viviani

Affiliation Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Massimiliano Coletta

Affiliations Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy, Interuniversity Consortium for the Research on the Chemistry of Metals in Biological Systems, Bari, Italy

Stefano Marini

Stefano.marini@uniroma2.it

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GT CC DS MC BV SM. Performed the experiments: GT DS MB. Analyzed the data: GT CC MC SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC BV SM. Wrote the paper: GT CC DS MC BV SM.