About the Authors

Anna Alisi

anna.alisi@opbg.net (AA); clara.balsano@uniroma1.it (CB)

Affiliation Liver Research Unit, Confocal Microscopy Facility of “Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Mario Arciello

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Oncology, A. Cesalpino Foundation, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy, Department of Internal Medicine, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Stefania Petrini

Affiliation Confocal Microscopy Facility of “Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Beatrice Conti

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Oncology, A. Cesalpino Foundation, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy, Department of Internal Medicine, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Gabriele Missale

Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Azienda Ospedaliero – Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy

Clara Balsano

anna.alisi@opbg.net (AA); clara.balsano@uniroma1.it (CB)

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Oncology, A. Cesalpino Foundation, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy, IBPM (Institute of Biology and Molecular Pathology), Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA CB. Performed the experiments: AA MA SP BC. Analyzed the data: AA SP BC CB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA GM CB. Wrote the paper: AA MA GM CB.