About the Authors

Christian Leo

Contributed equally to this work with: Christian Leo, Valentina Sala

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Valentina Sala

Contributed equally to this work with: Christian Leo, Valentina Sala

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Mara Morello

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Amedeo Chiribiri

Current address: The Rayne Institute, King's College London, The Centre of Excellence in Medical Engineering, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Ilan Riess

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Daniele Mancardi

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Stefano Schiaffino

Affiliation Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Padoa, Italy

Carola Ponzetto

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Tiziana Crepaldi

tiziana.crepaldi@unito.it

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL VS IR DM TC. Performed the experiments: CL VS MM AC IR DM. Analyzed the data: CL VS MM AC IR DM TC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM SS CP TC. Wrote the paper: VS TC.