About the Authors

Stefano M. Santini

Contributed equally to this work with: Stefano M. Santini, Caterina Lapenta

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Caterina Lapenta

Contributed equally to this work with: Stefano M. Santini, Caterina Lapenta

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Simona Donati

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Francesca Spadaro

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Filippo Belardelli

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Maria Ferrantini

maria.ferrantini@iss.it

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMS CL. Performed the experiments: SMS CL SD FS. Analyzed the data: SMS CL MF. Wrote the paper: MF SMS CL FB. Provided intellectual guidance on the project: FB MF. Supervised the design of experimental work: MF.