About the Authors

Monica Borgatti

Contributed equally to this work with: Monica Borgatti, Roberta Rizzo

Affiliation BioPharmaNet, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Roberta Rizzo

Contributed equally to this work with: Monica Borgatti, Roberta Rizzo

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Maria Beatrice Dal Canto

Affiliation BIOGENESI Reproductive Medicine Centre, Istituti Clinici Zucchi, Monza, Italy

Daniela Fumagalli

Affiliation BIOGENESI Reproductive Medicine Centre, Istituti Clinici Zucchi, Monza, Italy

Mario Mignini Renzini

Affiliation BIOGENESI Reproductive Medicine Centre, Istituti Clinici Zucchi, Monza, Italy

Rubens Fadini

Affiliation BIOGENESI Reproductive Medicine Centre, Istituti Clinici Zucchi, Monza, Italy

Marina Stignani

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Olavio Roberto Baricordi

bri@unife.it (ORB); gam@unife.it (RG)

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Roberto Gambari

bri@unife.it (ORB); gam@unife.it (RG)

Affiliations BioPharmaNet, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, Biotechnology Center, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RR OB RG. Performed the experiments: MB MS. Analyzed the data: MB RR MMR MS OB RG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MBDC DF MMR RF. Wrote the paper: RF OB RG.