About the Authors

Alyson A. Kelvin

akelvin@sardiniaresearchanddevelopment.com

Affiliations Sardinia Research and Development (SaRD), University di Sassari, Sassari, Italy, Immune Diagnostics and Research (IDR), Toronto Medical Discovery Tower (TDMT), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

David Banner

Affiliation Experimental Therapeutics, University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Giuliano Silvi

Affiliation Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Azienda Usl di Ravenna, Ferrara, Italy

Maria Luisa Moro

Affiliation Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regione Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy

Nadir Spataro

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Paolo Gaibani

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Francesca Cavrini

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Anna Pierro

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Giada Rossini

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Mark J. Cameron

Affiliation Experimental Therapeutics, University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jesus F. Bermejo-Martin

Affiliations National Centre of Influenza, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain, Unidad de Investigación en Infección e Inmunidad - Microbiology Service, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid - Instituto de Estudios de Ciencias de la Salud de Castilla y León (IECSCYL), Valladolid, Spain

Stéphane G. Paquette

Affiliations Experimental Therapeutics, University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Science (IMS), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Luoling Xu

Affiliation Experimental Therapeutics, University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ali Danesh

Affiliation Experimental Therapeutics, University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Amber Farooqui

Affiliation Sardinia Research and Development (SaRD), University di Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Ilaria Borghetto

Affiliations Sardinia Research and Development (SaRD), University di Sassari, Sassari, Italy, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, University di Sassari, Sassari, Italy

David J. Kelvin

Affiliations Experimental Therapeutics, University Health Network (UHN), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Science (IMS), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, PhD School in Biomolecular and Biotechnology Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Vittorio Sambri

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Salvatore Rubino

Affiliations Sardinia Research and Development (SaRD), University di Sassari, Sassari, Italy, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, University di Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAK DB DJK VS SR. Performed the experiments: DB SGP LX AD AF IB. Analyzed the data: AAK MJC JFB-M. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS MLM NS PG FC AP GR DJK VS SR. Wrote the paper: AAK.