About the Authors

Federico Ferro

Contributed equally to this work with: Federico Ferro, Renza Spelat

ferro.federico@libero.it

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

Renza Spelat

Contributed equally to this work with: Federico Ferro, Renza Spelat

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

Federica D'Aurizio

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Udine Teaching Hospital, Udine, Italy

Elisa Puppato

Affiliation Regenerative Medicine Centre (CIME), Udine, Italy

Maura Pandolfi

Affiliations Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Regenerative Medicine Centre (CIME), Udine, Italy

Antonio Paolo Beltrami

Affiliations Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Regenerative Medicine Centre (CIME), Udine, Italy

Daniela Cesselli

Affiliations Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Regenerative Medicine Centre (CIME), Udine, Italy

Giuseppe Falini

Affiliation Department of Chemistry G. Ciamican, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Carlo Alberto Beltrami

Affiliations Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Regenerative Medicine Centre (CIME), Udine, Italy

Francesco Curcio

Affiliations Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Udine Teaching Hospital, Udine, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FF RS. Performed the experiments: FF RS FD EP MP GF. Analyzed the data: FF RS DC APB GF CAB FC. Wrote the paper: FF RS GF APB DC CAB FC.