About the Authors

Nunzia Zanotta

Affiliation Institute for Maternal and Child Health – IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy

Maria Lina Tornesello

Affiliation Molecular Biology and Viral Oncology Division, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS – “Fond. Pascale,” Napoli, Italy

Clorinda Annunziata

Affiliation Molecular Biology and Viral Oncology Division, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS – “Fond. Pascale,” Napoli, Italy

Giovanni Stellato

Affiliation Gynecology Oncology Division, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS – “Fond. Pascale,” Napoli, Italy

Franco Maria Buonaguro

Affiliation Molecular Biology and Viral Oncology Division, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS – “Fond. Pascale,” Napoli, Italy

Manola Comar

manola.comar@burlo.trieste.it

Affiliations Institute for Maternal and Child Health – IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste, Italy, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC NZ MLT FMB. Performed the experiments: NZ. Analyzed the data: NZ MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLT FMB CA GS MC. Wrote the paper: MC NZ MLT FMB.