About the Authors

Maria Angela Masini

Affiliation DIPTERIS, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

Elisabetta Albi

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Cristina Barmo

Affiliation DIPTERIS, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

Tommaso Bonfiglio

Affiliation DIPTERIS, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

Lara Bruni

Affiliation DIPTERIS, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

Laura Canesi

Affiliation DIPTERIS, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

Samuela Cataldi

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Francesco Curcio

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

Marta D'Amora

Affiliation DIPTERIS, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

Ivana Ferri

Affiliation Institute of Pathologic Anatomy and Histology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Katsumasa Goto

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, Toyohashi SOZO University, Aichi, Japan

Fuminori Kawano

Affiliation Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Remo Lazzarini

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Elisabetta Loreti

Affiliation Institute of Pathologic Anatomy and Histology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Naoya Nakai

Affiliation Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Takashi Ohira

Affiliation Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Yoshinobu Ohira

Affiliations Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Silvio Palmero

Affiliation DIBIO, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

Paola Prato

Affiliation DIPTERIS, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

Franco Ricci

Affiliation ENEA-C.R. Casaccia, Roma, Italy

Linda Scarabelli

Affiliation DIPTERIS, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy

Tsubasa Shibaguchi

Affiliation Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Renza Spelat

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

Felice Strollo

Affiliation INRCA-IRCCS, Roma, Italy

Francesco Saverio Ambesi-Impiombato

ambesi@uniud.it

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAM EA YO FSAI. Performed the experiments: MAM EA CB TB LB LC SC FC MDA IF KG FK RL EL NN TO YO SP PP FR LS TS RS FS FSAI. Analyzed the data: MAM EA CB TB LB LC SC FC MDA IF KG FK RL EL NN TO YO SP PP FR LS TS RS FS FSAI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAM EA CB TB LB LC SC FC MDA IF KG FK RL EL NN TO YO SP PP FR LS TS RS FS FSAI. Wrote the paper: MAM EA YO FSAI.