About the Authors

Annunziato Mangiola

Contributed equally to this work with: Annunziato Mangiola, Nathalie Saulnier, Pasquale De Bonis, Daniela Orteschi, Gigliola Sica, Gina Lama

Affiliation Institute of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Nathalie Saulnier

Contributed equally to this work with: Annunziato Mangiola, Nathalie Saulnier, Pasquale De Bonis, Daniela Orteschi, Gigliola Sica, Gina Lama

Affiliation Institute of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Pasquale De Bonis

Contributed equally to this work with: Annunziato Mangiola, Nathalie Saulnier, Pasquale De Bonis, Daniela Orteschi, Gigliola Sica, Gina Lama

debonisvox@gmail.com

Affiliation Institute of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Daniela Orteschi

Contributed equally to this work with: Annunziato Mangiola, Nathalie Saulnier, Pasquale De Bonis, Daniela Orteschi, Gigliola Sica, Gina Lama

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Gigliola Sica

Contributed equally to this work with: Annunziato Mangiola, Nathalie Saulnier, Pasquale De Bonis, Daniela Orteschi, Gigliola Sica, Gina Lama

Affiliation Institute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Gina Lama

Contributed equally to this work with: Annunziato Mangiola, Nathalie Saulnier, Pasquale De Bonis, Daniela Orteschi, Gigliola Sica, Gina Lama

Affiliation Institute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Benedetta Ludovica Pettorini

Affiliation Institute of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Giovanni Sabatino

Affiliation Institute of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Marcella Zollino

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Libero Lauriola

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Anna Colabianchi

Affiliation Institute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Gabriella Proietti

Affiliation Institute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Gyula Kovacs

Affiliation Medical Faculty, Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany

Giulio Maira

Affiliation Institute of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Carmelo Anile

Affiliation Institute of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM NS PDB BLP DO MZ CA. Performed the experiments: NS G. Sica GL DO MZ BLP GP AC LL. Analyzed the data: AM NS PDB BLP DO MZ G. Sica G. Sabatino GL GP CA AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM NS DO MZ G. Sica GL GP AC LL. Wrote the paper: PDB AM NS G. Sica GL DO G. Sabatino MZ GK GM.