About the Authors

Francesca Rossi

fra.rossi76@libero.it

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy, Department of Haematology-Oncology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy

Giulia Bellini

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Anna Alisi

Affiliation Liver Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy

Arianna Alterio

Affiliation Liver Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy

Sabatino Maione

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Laura Perrone

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Franco Locatelli

Affiliations Department of Haematology-Oncology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice

Contributed equally to this work with: Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, Valerio Nobili

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Valerio Nobili

Contributed equally to this work with: Emanuele Miraglia del Giudice, Valerio Nobili

Affiliation Liver Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital and Research Institute, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FR EMdG VN. Performed the experiments: GB A. Alisi A. Alterio. Analyzed the data: GB EMdG FR SM VN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FL LP BN SM. Wrote the paper: FR GB EMdG.