About the Authors

Alessandra Fraternale

alessandra.fraternale@uniurb.it

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Urbino (PU), Italy

Rita Crinelli

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Urbino (PU), Italy

Anna Casabianca

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Urbino (PU), Italy

Maria Filomena Paoletti

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Urbino (PU), Italy

Chiara Orlandi

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Urbino (PU), Italy

Elisa Carloni

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Urbino (PU), Italy

Michaël Smietana

Affiliation Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, UMR 5247 CNRS Université Montpellier 1, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Anna Teresa Palamara

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute, Cenci-Bolognetti Foundation, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy, San Raffaele Pisana Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization, and Health Care, Rome, Italy

Mauro Magnani

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Sciences University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Urbino (PU), Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AF RC MFP. Performed the experiments: AF RC AC MFP CO EC. Analyzed the data: AF RC AC MFP CO EC MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM ATP MS. Wrote the paper: AF RC.