About the Authors

Rocchina Colucci

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Dario Gambaccini

Affiliation Unit of Gastroenterology, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Narcisa Ghisu

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Giuseppe Rossi

Affiliation Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy

Francesco Costa

Affiliation Unit of Gastroenterology, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Marco Tuccori

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Nicola De Bortoli

Affiliation Unit of Gastroenterology, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Matteo Fornai

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Luca Antonioli

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Angelo Ricchiuti

Affiliation Unit of Gastroenterology, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Maria Gloria Mumolo

Affiliation Unit of Gastroenterology, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Santino Marchi

Affiliation Unit of Gastroenterology, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Corrado Blandizzi

c.blandizzi@virgilio.it

Affiliation Division of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Massimo Bellini

Affiliation Unit of Gastroenterology, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CB MB RC SM NDB. Performed the experiments: RC NG GR. Analyzed the data: RC DG AR MGM NG MF LA MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NG MGM DG. Wrote the paper: MB CB SM FC GR.