About the Authors

Rita Simone

Affiliations Department of Experimental Medicine – Section of Human Anatomy, University of Genova, Genova, Italy, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Claudya Tenca

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine – Section of Human Anatomy, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Franco Fais

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine – Section of Human Anatomy, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Matteo Luciani

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Haematology and Oncology, Ospedale Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy

Giulio De Rossi

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Haematology and Oncology, Ospedale Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy

Giampaola Pesce

Affiliation Medical and Radiometabolic Therapy Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Marcello Bagnasco

Affiliation Medical and Radiometabolic Therapy Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Daniele Saverino

daniele.saverino@unige.it

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine – Section of Human Anatomy, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GP RS DS. Performed the experiments: RS CT FF DS. Analyzed the data: RS MB GP DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML GDR. Wrote the paper: GP MB DS.