About the Authors

Giuseppe Mameli

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Centre of Excellence for Biotechnology Development and Biodiversity Research, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Luciana Poddighe

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Centre of Excellence for Biotechnology Development and Biodiversity Research, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Alessandra Mei

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Centre of Excellence for Biotechnology Development and Biodiversity Research, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Elena Uleri

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Centre of Excellence for Biotechnology Development and Biodiversity Research, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Stefano Sotgiu

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences and MIS, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Caterina Serra

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Centre of Excellence for Biotechnology Development and Biodiversity Research, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Roberto Manetti

Affiliation Department of Clinical, Experimental and Oncological Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Antonina Dolei

doleivir@uniss.it

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Centre of Excellence for Biotechnology Development and Biodiversity Research, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: AD GM CS LP AM RM. Wrote the paper: AD. Conceived and coordinated the study: AD. Participated in the design of the study: GM CS LP AM. Performed most of the experiments: GM CS LP AM. Contributed to experiments: EU. Coordinated the flow cytometry studies: RM. Performed the clinical studies: SS. Performed the statistics: AD. Provided blood samples from MS patients: SS.