About the Authors

Michele Zampieri

Affiliations Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Second Faculty of Medicine, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy, Pasteur Institute-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Rome, Italy

Claudio Passananti

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology CNR, Rome, Italy

Roberta Calabrese

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Second Faculty of Medicine, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Mariagrazia Perilli

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology CNR, Rome, Italy

Nicoletta Corbi

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology CNR, Rome, Italy

Fabiana De Cave

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Second Faculty of Medicine, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Tiziana Guastafierro

Affiliations Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Second Faculty of Medicine, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy, Pasteur Institute-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Rome, Italy

Maria Giulia Bacalini

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Second Faculty of Medicine, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Anna Reale

Affiliations Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Second Faculty of Medicine, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy, Pasteur Institute-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Rome, Italy

Gianfranco Amicosante

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

Lilia Calabrese

Affiliation Department of Biochemical Sciences, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Jordanka Zlatanova

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Paola Caiafa

caiafa@bce.uniroma1.it

Affiliations Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Second Faculty of Medicine, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy, Pasteur Institute-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MZ CP PC. Performed the experiments: MZ RC MP NC FDC TG MGB. Analyzed the data: MZ RC MP NC FDC TG MGB AR GA LC JZ PC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CP. Wrote the paper: PC.