About the Authors

Michele Mishto

michele.mishto@charite.de

Affiliations Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Interdepartmental Center for Studies on Biophysics, Bioinformatics and Biocomplexity ‘L. Galvani’ (CIG), Bologna, Italy, Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty Charité, Berlin, Germany

Elena Bellavista

Affiliation Interdepartmental Center for Studies on Biophysics, Bioinformatics and Biocomplexity ‘L. Galvani’ (CIG), Bologna, Italy

Claudia Ligorio

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Section of Anatomic Pathology, University of Bologna and Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Kathrin Textoris-Taube

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty Charité, Berlin, Germany

Aurelia Santoro

Affiliations Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Interdepartmental Center for Studies on Biophysics, Bioinformatics and Biocomplexity ‘L. Galvani’ (CIG), Bologna, Italy

Mara Giordano

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences and IRCAD (Interdisciplinary Research Center of Autoimmune Diseases), University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy

Sandra D'Alfonso

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences and IRCAD (Interdisciplinary Research Center of Autoimmune Diseases), University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy

Florinda Listì

Affiliation Department of Biopathology & Biomedical Methodologies, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Benedetta Nacmias

Affiliation Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Elena Cellini

Affiliation Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Maurizio Leone

Affiliation Clinica Neurologica, Ospedale Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy

Luigi M.E. Grimaldi

Affiliation U.O. Neurologia Fondazione, Istituto San Raffaele “G.Giglio” di Cefalù, Cefalù (PA), Italy

Chiara Fenoglio

Affiliation Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Milan, IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

Federica Esposito

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), and Department of Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Filippo Martinelli-Boneschi

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), and Department of Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Daniela Galimberti

Affiliation Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Milan, IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

Elio Scarpini

Affiliation Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Milan, IRCCS Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

Ulrike Seifert

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty Charité, Berlin, Germany

Maria Pia Amato

Affiliation Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Calogero Caruso

Affiliation Department of Biopathology & Biomedical Methodologies, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Maria P. Foschini

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Section of Anatomic Pathology, University of Bologna and Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Peter M. Kloetzel

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty Charité, Berlin, Germany

Claudio Franceschi

Affiliations Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Interdepartmental Center for Studies on Biophysics, Bioinformatics and Biocomplexity ‘L. Galvani’ (CIG), Bologna, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM US PMK CF. Performed the experiments: MM EB CL FL EC CF FE DG. Analyzed the data: MM KTT AS MPF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG SD BN ML LMEG FMB DG ES MPA CC. Wrote the paper: MM PMK CF.