About the Authors

Teresa Lopardo

Contributed equally to this work with: Teresa Lopardo, Nadia Lo Iacono

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Nadia Lo Iacono

Contributed equally to this work with: Teresa Lopardo, Nadia Lo Iacono

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Barbara Marinari

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Maria L. Giustizieri

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Daniel G. Cyr

Affiliation INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Quebec, Canada

Giorgio Merlo

Affiliation Dulbecco Telethon Laboratory, Molecular Biotech Center, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Francesca Crosti

Affiliation Medical Genetics Laboratory A.O. San Gerardo, Monza, Italy

Antonio Costanzo

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Luisa Guerrini

luisa.guerrini@unimi.it

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LG. Performed the experiments: TL NLI BM MLG GM. Analyzed the data: TL NLI AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DGC FC AC. Wrote the paper: LG.