About the Authors

Manola Comar

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”– Trieste, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Nunzia Zanotta

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”– Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Eleonora Croci

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”– Trieste, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Immacolata Murru

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”– Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Roberto Marci

Affiliation Section of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Cecilia Pancaldi

Affiliation Section of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Ornella Dolcet

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”– Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Stefania Luppi

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”– Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Monica Martinelli

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”– Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Elena Giolo

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”– Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Giuseppe Ricci

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”– Trieste, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Mauro Tognon

tgm@unife.it

Affiliation Section of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC GR MT. Performed the experiments: MC NZ EC IM RM CP OD SL MM EG. Analyzed the data: MC GR MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC NZ EC IM RM CP OD SL MM EG. Wrote the paper: MC GR MT.