About the Authors

Danilo Licastro

Affiliation Cluster in Biomedicine (CBM) scrl - Genomics, Area Science Park, Basovizza, Trieste, Italy

Margherita Mutarelli

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Napoli, Italy

Ivana Peluso

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Napoli, Italy

Kornelia Neveling

Affiliation Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Nienke Wieskamp

Affiliation Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Rossella Rispoli

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Napoli, Italy

Diego Vozzi

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

Emmanouil Athanasakis

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

Angela D'Eustacchio

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

Mariateresa Pizzo

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Napoli, Italy

Francesca D'Amico

Affiliation Dipartimento di Patologia Generale, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, Italy

Carmela Ziviello

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Napoli, Italy

Francesca Simonelli

Affiliation Dipartimento di Oftalmologia, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, Italy

Antonella Fabretto

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

Hans Scheffer

Affiliation Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Paolo Gasparini

gasparini@burlo.trieste.it (PG); banfi@tigem.it (SB); vincenzo.nigro@unina2.it (VN)

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

Sandro Banfi

gasparini@burlo.trieste.it (PG); banfi@tigem.it (SB); vincenzo.nigro@unina2.it (VN)

Affiliations Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Napoli, Italy, Dipartimento di Patologia Generale, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, Italy

Vincenzo Nigro

gasparini@burlo.trieste.it (PG); banfi@tigem.it (SB); vincenzo.nigro@unina2.it (VN)

Affiliations Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Napoli, Italy, Dipartimento di Patologia Generale, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DL SB VN PG. Performed the experiments: DL IP KN NW DV EA AD MP FD CZ. Analyzed the data: DL MM RR NW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FS AF PG SB VN HS. Wrote the paper: DL PG SB VN.