About the Authors

Pamela Barbadoro

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science and Public Health, School of Medicine—Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Lory Santarelli

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine—Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Nicola Croce

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine—Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Massimo Bracci

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Clinical Sciences, School of Medicine—Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Daniela Vincitorio

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science and Public Health, School of Medicine—Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Emilia Prospero

e.prospero@univpm.it

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Science and Public Health, School of Medicine—Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Andrea Minelli

Affiliation Department of Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PB LS EP AM. Performed the experiments: NC MB DV. Analyzed the data: PB EP AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LS MB. Wrote the paper: PB EP AM.