About the Authors

Patrizia Nanni

Affiliation Section of Cancer Research, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Giordano Nicoletti

Affiliation Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Bologna, Italy

Arianna Palladini

Affiliation Section of Cancer Research, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Stefania Croci

Affiliation Section of Cancer Research, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Annalisa Murgo

Affiliation Section of Cancer Research, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Marianna L. Ianzano

Affiliation Section of Cancer Research, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Valentina Grosso

Affiliation Section of Cancer Research, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Valeria Stivani

Affiliation Section of Cancer Research, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Agnese Antognoli

Affiliation Section of Cancer Research, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Alessia Lamolinara

Affiliation Aging Research Centre, “G. D'Annunzio” University, Chieti, Italy

Lorena Landuzzi

Affiliation Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Bologna, Italy

Emmanuelle di Tomaso

Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Manuela Iezzi

Affiliation Aging Research Centre, “G. D'Annunzio” University, Chieti, Italy

Carla De Giovanni

carla.degiovanni@unibo.it

Affiliation Section of Cancer Research, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Pier-Luigi Lollini

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncological Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Emmanuelle Di Tomaso is employee of Novartis Pharmaceutical. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PN CDG PLL. Performed the experiments: PN GN AP SC AM MLI VG VS AA AL LL MI CDG. Analyzed the data: PLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EdT. Wrote the paper: PN CDG PLL.