About the Authors

Marco Colombatti

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Silvia Grasso

Contributed equally to this work with: Silvia Grasso, Alessandra Porzia

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Alessandra Porzia

Contributed equally to this work with: Silvia Grasso, Alessandra Porzia

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Institute Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Giulio Fracasso

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Maria Teresa Scupoli

Affiliation Interdepartmental Laboratory for Medical Research (LURM), University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Sara Cingarlini

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Ornella Poffe

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Hassan Y. Naim

Affiliation Department of Physiological Chemistry, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany

Martin Heine

Affiliation Department of Physiological Chemistry, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany

Giuseppe Tridente

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, Clinical Immunology, Giovanni Battista Rossi Hospital, Verona, Italy

Fabrizio Mainiero

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Institute Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Dunia Ramarli

dunia.ramarli@univr.it

Affiliation Clinical Immunology, Giovanni Battista Rossi Hospital, Verona, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC FM DR. Performed the experiments: SG AP GF MTS OP. Analyzed the data: SG AP DR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC AP GF SC HYN MH FM. Wrote the paper: MC DR. Chief of the Section of Immunology: MTS. Chief of the Section: GT.