About the Authors

Cristina Marchini

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristina Marchini, Maura Montani, Mirco Galiè, Augusto Amici

Affiliation Genetic Immunization Laboratory, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Animal Biology, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

Maura Montani

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristina Marchini, Maura Montani, Mirco Galiè, Augusto Amici

Affiliation Genetic Immunization Laboratory, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Animal Biology, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

Georgia Konstantinidou

Affiliation Genetic Immunization Laboratory, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Animal Biology, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

Rita Orrù

Affiliation Genetic Immunization Laboratory, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Animal Biology, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

Silvia Mannucci

Affiliation Genetic Immunization Laboratory, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Animal Biology, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

Giorgio Ramadori

Affiliation Genetic Immunization Laboratory, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Animal Biology, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

Federico Gabrielli

Affiliation Genetic Immunization Laboratory, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Animal Biology, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

Anna Baruzzi

Affiliation Anatomy and Histology Section, Department of Morphological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Giorgio Berton

Affiliation Anatomy and Histology Section, Department of Morphological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Flavia Merigo

Affiliation Anatomy and Histology Section, Department of Morphological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Stefania Fin

Affiliation Anatomy and Histology Section, Department of Morphological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Manuela Iezzi

Affiliation Surgical Pathology Section, Department of Oncology and Neuroscience, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy

Brigitte Bisaro

Affiliation Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Andrea Sbarbati

Affiliation Anatomy and Histology Section, Department of Morphological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Massimo Zerani

Affiliation Genetic Immunization Laboratory, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Animal Biology, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

Mirco Galiè

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristina Marchini, Maura Montani, Mirco Galiè, Augusto Amici

augusto.amici@unicam.it (AA); mirco.galie@univr.it (MG)

Affiliation Anatomy and Histology Section, Department of Morphological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Augusto Amici

Contributed equally to this work with: Cristina Marchini, Maura Montani, Mirco Galiè, Augusto Amici

augusto.amici@unicam.it (AA); mirco.galie@univr.it (MG)

Affiliation Genetic Immunization Laboratory, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Animal Biology, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM MM MG AA. Performed the experiments: CM MM GK RO SM GR FG AB FM SF MI BB MZ MG. Analyzed the data: GB AS MG AA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG AA. Wrote the paper: MG AA.