About the Authors

Claudia Scotti

claudia.scotti@unipv.it

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of General Pathology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Carla Olivieri

Affiliation Department of Human and Hereditary Pathology, Section of General Biology and Medical Genetics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Laura Boeri

Affiliation Department of Human and Hereditary Pathology, Section of General Biology and Medical Genetics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Cecilia Canzonieri

Affiliation Department of Human and Hereditary Pathology, Section of General Biology and Medical Genetics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Federica Ornati

Affiliation Department of Human and Hereditary Pathology, Section of General Biology and Medical Genetics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Elisabetta Buscarini

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Maggiore Hospital, Crema, Italy

Fabio Pagella

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, ENT Unit, Pavia, Italy

Cesare Danesino

Affiliations Department of Human and Hereditary Pathology, Section of General Biology and Medical Genetics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS CO CD. Performed the experiments: CS. Analyzed the data: CS CO CD LB CC FO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS EB FP. Wrote the paper: CS CO CD.