About the Authors

Irene Bonaccorsi

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology and Biotherapy, Department of Human Pathology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Claudia Cantoni

Affiliations Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica (CERB), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Paolo Carrega

Affiliation Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy

Daniela Oliveri

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology and Biotherapy, Department of Human Pathology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Gabrielle Lui

Affiliation Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy

Romana Conte

Affiliation Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy

Michele Navarra

Affiliation Pharmaco-Biological Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Riccardo Cavaliere

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology and Biotherapy, Department of Human Pathology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Elisabetta Traggiai

Affiliations Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica (CERB), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Marco Gattorno

Affiliations Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Alberto Martini

Affiliations Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy, Department of Pediatrics, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Maria Cristina Mingari

Affiliations Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy

Alessandro Moretta

Affiliations Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, Centro di Eccellenza per la Ricerca Biomedica (CERB), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Guido Ferlazzo

guido.ferlazzo@unime.it

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology and Biotherapy, Department of Human Pathology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IB GF A Moretta. Performed the experiments: IB CC PC DO GL RC. Analyzed the data: IB CC RC ET GF MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ET MG MCM A Martini A Moretta. Wrote the paper: IB GF.