About the Authors

Claudio Terzano

Affiliation Fondazione Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Fabio Di Stefano

Affiliation Fondazione Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Vittoria Conti

vittoria_conti@hotmail.com

Affiliation Fondazione Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Marta Di Nicola

Affiliation Laboratory of Biostatistics, Department of Biomedical Science, University “G. d'Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Gregorino Paone

Affiliation Fondazione Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Angelo Petroianni

Affiliation Fondazione Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Alberto Ricci

Affiliation Fondazione Eleonora Lorillard Spencer Cenci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CT FDS VC AR. Performed the experiments: FDS VC AP GP. Analyzed the data: MDN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CT FDS VC GP AP AR. Wrote the paper: CT FDS VC MDN GP AP AR.