About the Authors

Mariantonietta Di Stefano

Contributed equally to this work with: Mariantonietta Di Stefano, Maria Luisa Calabrò

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Maria Luisa Calabrò

Contributed equally to this work with: Mariantonietta Di Stefano, Maria Luisa Calabrò

Affiliation Istituto Oncologico Veneto, IRCCS, Immunology and Diagnostic Molecular Oncology, Padova, Italy

Iole Maria Di Gangi

Affiliation Istituto Oncologico Veneto, IRCCS, Immunology and Diagnostic Molecular Oncology, Padova, Italy

Santina Cantatore

Affiliation Laboratory of Histology, School of Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Massimo Barbierato

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Surgical Sciences, Oncology Section, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Elisa Bergamo

Affiliation Istituto Oncologico Veneto, IRCCS, Immunology and Diagnostic Molecular Oncology, Padova, Italy

Anfumbom Jude Kfutwah

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Centre Pasteur, Yaounde, Cameroon

Margherita Neri

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Luigi Chieco-Bianchi

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Surgical Sciences, Oncology Section, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Pantaleo Greco

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Loreto Gesualdo

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Ahidjo Ayouba

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Unite Mixte de Recherche 145, Montpellier, France

Elisabeth Menu

Affiliation Unité de Régulation des Infections Rétrovirales, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Josè Ramòn Fiore

j.fiore@unifg.it

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Occupational Health, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDS MLC EM JRF. Performed the experiments: IMDG SC MB EB AK MN. Analyzed the data: MDS MLC LCB PG LG AA EM JRF. Wrote the paper: MDS MLC LCB PG LG EM JRF. Supervised the experiments: MDS MLC. Critically revised the manuscript: LCB PG LG AA EM.