About the Authors

Sabrina Grecchi

Affiliation IGM-CNR, Pavia, Italy

Giuliano Mazzini

Affiliation IGM-CNR, Pavia, Italy

Antonella Lisa

Affiliation IGM-CNR, Pavia, Italy

Marie-Therese Armentero

Affiliation IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Nazionale C. Mondino, Pavia, Italy

Roberto Bergamaschi

Affiliation IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Nazionale C. Mondino, Pavia, Italy

Alfredo Romani

Affiliation IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Nazionale C. Mondino, Pavia, Italy

Fabio Blandini

Affiliation IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Nazionale C. Mondino, Pavia, Italy

Carol Di Perri

Affiliation IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Nazionale C. Mondino, Pavia, Italy

Anna Ivana Scovassi

scovassi@igm.cnr.it

Affiliation IGM-CNR, Pavia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AIS FB. Performed the experiments: CDP GM MTA SG. Analyzed the data: AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AIS FB MTA GM. Wrote the paper: AIS SG. Conducted enrollment of healthy and MS individuals: AR RB. Critically read the manuscript: SG GM AL MTA RB AR FB CDP AIS.