About the Authors

Rouzbeh Taghizadeh

Affiliation Programs in Regenerative Biology and Cancer Biology, Adult Stem Cell Technology Center, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Minsoo Noh

Affiliation College of Pharmacy, Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea

Yang Hoon Huh

Affiliation Programs in Regenerative Biology and Cancer Biology, Adult Stem Cell Technology Center, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Emilio Ciusani

Affiliation Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy

Luca Sigalotti

Affiliation Cancer Bioimmunotherapy Unit, Department of Medical Oncology, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Aviano, Italy

Michele Maio

Affiliation Cancer Bioimmunotherapy Unit, Department of Medical Oncology, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Aviano, Italy

Beatrice Arosio

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

Maria R. Nicotra

Affiliation Molecular Biology and Pathology Institute, National Research Council, Roma, Italy

PierGiorgio Natali

Affiliation CINBO Laboratory, University Chieti, Chieti, Italy

James L. Sherley

Contributed equally to this work with: James L. Sherley, Caterina A. M. La Porta

Affiliation Programs in Regenerative Biology and Cancer Biology, Adult Stem Cell Technology Center, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Caterina A. M. La Porta

Contributed equally to this work with: James L. Sherley, Caterina A. M. La Porta

caterina.laporta@unimi.it

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Science and Biotechnology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RT JS CAM LP. Performed the experiments: MN YH EC LC AC PGN MM BA LS. Analyzed the data: RT JS CAM LP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRN. Wrote the paper: JS CAM LP.