About the Authors

Elisabetta Albi

elisabetta.albi@yahoo.com

Affiliation Laboratory of Nuclear Lipid BioPathology, CRABioN, Perugia, Italy

Francesco Curcio

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

Andrea Lazzarini

Affiliations Laboratory of Nuclear Lipid BioPathology, CRABioN, Perugia, Italy, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

Alessandro Floridi

Affiliation Laboratory of Nuclear Lipid BioPathology, CRABioN, Perugia, Italy

Samuela Cataldi

Affiliation Laboratory of Nuclear Lipid BioPathology, CRABioN, Perugia, Italy

Remo Lazzarini

Affiliation Laboratory of Nuclear Lipid BioPathology, CRABioN, Perugia, Italy

Elisabetta Loreti

Affiliation Institute of Pathologic Anatomy and Histology - University of Perugia, Ospedale Santa Maria Della Misericordia - Piazzale Menghini, Italy

Ivana Ferri

Affiliation Institute of Pathologic Anatomy and Histology - University of Perugia, Ospedale Santa Maria Della Misericordia - Piazzale Menghini, Italy

Francesco Saverio Ambesi-Impiombato

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

Competing Interests

We have the following interests: Albi Elisabetta, Lazzarini Andrea, Floridi Alessandro, Cataldi Samuela and Lazzarini Remo are employed by the Laboratory of Nuclear Lipid BioPathology. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EA FC FSAI. Performed the experiments: AL AF RL SC EL IF. Analyzed the data: EA FC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FSAI FC. Wrote the paper: EA FSAI.