About the Authors

Elisa Piscianz

elisa.piscianz@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine, Institute for Maternal and Child Health – IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy

Erica Valencic

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine, Institute for Maternal and Child Health – IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy

Eva Cuzzoni

Affiliation Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Sara De Iudicibus

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Institute for Maternal and Child Health – IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy

Elisa De Lorenzo

Affiliation Department of Translational Research, National Cancer Institute CRO-IRCCS, Aviano, Italy

Giuliana Decorti

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Alberto Tommasini

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Institute for Maternal and Child Health – IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EP EV EC SD EDL GD AT. Performed the experiments: EP EV EC EDL. Analyzed the data: EP SD AT EDL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EP GD AT. Wrote the paper: EP EV EC SD GD AT.