About the Authors

Giovanna De Chiara

Contributed equally to this work with: Giovanna De Chiara, Maria Elena Marcocci

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Maria Elena Marcocci

Contributed equally to this work with: Giovanna De Chiara, Maria Elena Marcocci

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Livia Civitelli

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Rafaela Argnani

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Diagnostic, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Roberto Piacentini

Affiliation Institute of Human Physiology, Catholic University Medical School, Rome, Italy

Cristian Ripoli

Affiliation Institute of Human Physiology, Catholic University Medical School, Rome, Italy

Roberto Manservigi

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Diagnostic, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Claudio Grassi

Affiliation Institute of Human Physiology, Catholic University Medical School, Rome, Italy

Enrico Garaci

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

Anna Teresa Palamara

annateresa.palamara@uniroma1.it

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Institute Pasteur Cenci Bolognetti Foundation, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, San Raffaele Pisana Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Health Care, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GDC MEM CG ATP. Performed the experiments: GDC MEM LC RA RP CR. Analyzed the data: GDC MEM LC RM CG EG ATP. Wrote the paper: GDC MEM ATP.