About the Authors

Christian Damasco

Affiliation Molecular Biotechnology Center and Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Antonio Lembo

Affiliation Molecular Biotechnology Center and Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Maria Patrizia Somma

Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, and Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari del CNR, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma, Italy

Maurizio Gatti

Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, and Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari del CNR, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma, Italy

Ferdinando Di Cunto

Affiliation Molecular Biotechnology Center and Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Paolo Provero

paolo.provero@unito.it

Affiliation Molecular Biotechnology Center and Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have deposited a patent application covering the commercial use of the DM signature as a prognostic tool for breast cancer.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG FDC PP. Performed the experiments: CD. Analyzed the data: CD AL MPS MG FDC PP. Wrote the paper: MG FDC PP.