About the Authors

Fabio Ciccarone

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabio Ciccarone, Francesca Gioia Klinger

Affiliations Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Pasteur Institute-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Rome, Italy

Francesca Gioia Klinger

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabio Ciccarone, Francesca Gioia Klinger

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Cell Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Angela Catizone

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Histology, Forensic Medicine and Orthopedics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Roberta Calabrese

Affiliations Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Pasteur Institute-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Rome, Italy

Michele Zampieri

Affiliations Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Pasteur Institute-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Rome, Italy

Maria Giulia Bacalini

Affiliations Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Pasteur Institute-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Rome, Italy

Massimo De Felici

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Cell Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Paola Caiafa

caiafa@bce.uniroma1.it

Affiliations Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Pasteur Institute-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FC PC. Performed the experiments: FK AC RC MZ MGB. Analyzed the data: FC PC MDF. Wrote the paper: FC PC MDF.