About the Authors

Natalia Battista

Contributed equally to this work with: Natalia Battista, Antonio Di Sabatino, Gino R. Corazza, Mauro Maccarrone

nbattista@unite.it

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy, European Center for Brain Research (CERC)/Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy

Antonio Di Sabatino

Contributed equally to this work with: Natalia Battista, Antonio Di Sabatino, Gino R. Corazza, Mauro Maccarrone

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Centro per lo Studio e la Cura della Malattia Celiaca, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Monia Di Tommaso

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy

Paolo Biancheri

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Centro per lo Studio e la Cura della Malattia Celiaca, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Cinzia Rapino

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy

Paolo Giuffrida

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Centro per lo Studio e la Cura della Malattia Celiaca, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Cinzia Papadia

Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy

Chiara Montana

Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy

Alessandra Pasini

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Centro per lo Studio e la Cura della Malattia Celiaca, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Alessandro Vanoli

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Centro per lo Studio e la Cura della Malattia Celiaca, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Francesco Lanzarotto

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Vincenzo Villanacci

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Gino R. Corazza

Contributed equally to this work with: Natalia Battista, Antonio Di Sabatino, Gino R. Corazza, Mauro Maccarrone

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Centro per lo Studio e la Cura della Malattia Celiaca, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Mauro Maccarrone

Contributed equally to this work with: Natalia Battista, Antonio Di Sabatino, Gino R. Corazza, Mauro Maccarrone

Affiliations European Center for Brain Research (CERC)/Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy, Center of Integrated Research, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NB ADS GRC MM. Performed the experiments: MDT PB CR PG AP. Analyzed the data: NB ADS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CP CM AV FL VV GRC MM. Wrote the paper: NB ADS GRC MM.