About the Authors

Eugenio Martignani

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Morphophysiology, University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy, Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada

Peter Eirew

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Morphophysiology, University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy, Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada

Paolo Accornero

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Morphophysiology, University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy

Connie J. Eaves

Contributed equally to this work with: Connie J. Eaves, Mario Baratta

Affiliation Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada

Mario Baratta

Contributed equally to this work with: Connie J. Eaves, Mario Baratta

mario.baratta@unito.it

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Morphophysiology, University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJE mb. Performed the experiments: EM PA. Analyzed the data: mb. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PE. Wrote the paper: EM.