About the Authors

Mario Ricciardi

Affiliation Stem Cell Research Laboratory, Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Giorgio Malpeli

Affiliation Section of Pathological Anatomy, Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Francesco Bifari

Affiliation Stem Cell Research Laboratory, Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Giulio Bassi

Affiliation Stem Cell Research Laboratory, Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Luciano Pacelli

Affiliation Stem Cell Research Laboratory, Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Armel Hervé Nwabo Kamdje

Affiliation Stem Cell Research Laboratory, Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Marco Chilosi

Affiliation Section of Pathological Anatomy, Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Mauro Krampera

mauro.krampera@univr.it

Affiliation Stem Cell Research Laboratory, Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR MK MC. Performed the experiments: MR GM FB GB LP AHNK. Analyzed the data: MR GM MK MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR GM. Wrote the paper: MR MK.