1. Department of Bio-Medical Sciences; Human Anatomy and Histology Section; School of Medicine; University of Catania; Catania Italy
2. Department of Medical and Pediatric Sciences; Internal Medicine Division; University of Catania; Catania Italy
3. D-BOARD European Consortium for Biomarker Discovery; Arthritis Research UK Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis; Medical Research Council-Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research; University of Nottingham; Nottingham UK
4. Centre of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research (CEGMR); King AbdulAziz University; Jeddah Kingdom of Saudi Arabia