About the Authors

Paolo Romania

Affiliation Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Department, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Aurora Castellano

Affiliation Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Department, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Cecilia Surace

Affiliation Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Arianna Citti

Affiliation Pathology Department, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Maria Antonietta De Ioris

Affiliation Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Department, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Pietro Sirleto

Affiliation Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Marilena De Mariano

Affiliation Immunological Therapy, IRCCS A.O.U. San Martino-IST, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy

Luca Longo

Affiliation Immunological Therapy, IRCCS A.O.U. San Martino-IST, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy

Renata Boldrini

Affiliation Pathology Department, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Adriano Angioni

Affiliation Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Franco Locatelli

Affiliations Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Department, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy, Pediatrics Department, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Doriana Fruci

doriana.fruci@opbg.net

Affiliation Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Department, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PR DF. Performed the experiments: PR CS MM LL ACi PS. Analyzed the data: PR CS MM LL RB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC MAD AA FL RB. Wrote the paper: PR DF.