About the Authors

Simone Pacini

s.pacini@med.unipi.it

Affiliation Hematology Division, Department of Oncology, Transplants and New Advances in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Vittoria Carnicelli

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Uomo e dell'Ambiente, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Luisa Trombi

Affiliation Hematology Division, Department of Oncology, Transplants and New Advances in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Marina Montali

Affiliation Hematology Division, Department of Oncology, Transplants and New Advances in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Rita Fazzi

Affiliation Hematology Division, Department of Oncology, Transplants and New Advances in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Edoardo Lazzarini

Affiliation Hematology Division, Department of Oncology, Transplants and New Advances in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Stefano Giannotti

Affiliation Dipartimento di Endocrinologia e Metabolismo, Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Medicina del Lavoro, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Mario Petrini

Affiliation Hematology Division, Department of Oncology, Transplants and New Advances in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SP LT MM RF MP. Performed the experiments: SP VC LT MM EL. Analyzed the data: SP VC MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EL SG. Wrote the paper: SP VC LT MM RF MP.