About the Authors

Barbara Morandi

Contributed equally to this work with: Barbara Morandi, Lorenzo Mortara

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Lorenzo Mortara

Contributed equally to this work with: Barbara Morandi, Lorenzo Mortara

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Laura Chiossone

Affiliation Istituto G.Gaslini, Genoa, Italy

Roberto S. Accolla

Affiliation Department of Surgical and Morphological Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Maria Cristina Mingari

Affiliations Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico A.O.U. San Martino-IST-Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy

Lorenzo Moretta

Affiliation Istituto G.Gaslini, Genoa, Italy

Alessandro Moretta

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Guido Ferlazzo

guido.ferlazzo@unime.it

Affiliation 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: BM GF. Performed the experiments: BM L. Mortara LC. Analyzed the data: BM L. Mortara LC RSA L. Moretta AM MCM GF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GF L. Moretta MCM . Wrote the paper: BM LC GF AM.