About the Authors

Federica Frezzato

Affiliations Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica, Padua, Italy, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy

Cristina Gattazzo

Affiliations Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica, Padua, Italy, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy

Veronica Martini

Affiliations Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica, Padua, Italy, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy

Valentina Trimarco

Affiliations Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica, Padua, Italy, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy

Antonella Teramo

Affiliations Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica, Padua, Italy, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy

Samuela Carraro

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy

Anna Cabrelle

Affiliation Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica, Padua, Italy

Elisa Ave

Affiliations Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica, Padua, Italy, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy

Monica Facco

Affiliations Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica, Padua, Italy, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy

Renato Zambello

Affiliations Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica, Padua, Italy, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy

Elena Tibaldi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Anna Maria Brunati

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Gianpietro Semenzato

g.semenzato@unipd.it

Affiliations Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica, Padua, Italy, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy

Livio Trentin

Affiliations Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica, Padua, Italy, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua University School of Medicine, Padua, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FF LT. Performed the experiments: FF CG VM VT EA MF ET AT SC AC. Analyzed the data: FF CG LT. Wrote the paper: FF. Contributed clinical patient samples: RZ LT. Reviewed the manuscript: GS LT. Provided: intellectual input into the study: AMB GS.