About the Authors

Alfonso Baldi

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Section of Pathology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Maria Teresa Piccolo

Affiliation Gene Expression & Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, CNR, Naples, Italy

Maria Rosaria Boccellino

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Section of Pathology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Aldo Donizetti

Affiliation Gene Expression & Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, CNR, Naples, Italy

Irene Cardillo

Affiliation S.A.F.U. Department, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Raffaele La Porta

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Section of Pathology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Lucio Quagliuolo

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Section of Pathology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Enrico P. Spugnini

Affiliation S.A.F.U. Department, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Francesca Cordero

Affiliation Bioinformatics and Genomics Unit, Department of Clinical and Biological Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Gennaro Citro

Affiliation S.A.F.U. Department, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Massimo Menegozzo

Affiliation Campania Regional Operating Center (COR) of the National Mesothelioma Registry (ReNaM) - Department of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Raffaele A. Calogero

Affiliation Bioinformatics and Genomics Unit, Department of Clinical and Biological Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Stefania Crispi

stefania.crispi@igb.cnr.it

Affiliation Gene Expression & Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, CNR, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC AB. Performed the experiments: MRB AD MTP IC RLP. Analyzed the data: RAC FC SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC MM GC LQ ES. Wrote the paper: SC.