About the Authors

Eleonora Cesareo

Affiliation Laboratory of Tissue Engineering & Skin Pathophysiology, Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Liudmila Korkina

a.facchiano@idi.it (AF); l.korkina@idi.it (LK)

Affiliation Laboratory of Tissue Engineering & Skin Pathophysiology, Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Gerardino D’Errico

Affiliations Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy, Consorzio per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase (CSGI), Florence, Italy

Giuseppe Vitiello

Affiliations Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy, Consorzio per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase (CSGI), Florence, Italy

Maria Simona Aguzzi

Affiliation Laboratory of Vascular Pathology, Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata (IDI-IRCCS), Rome, Italy

Francesca Passarelli

Affiliation Histopathology Service, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata (IDI-IRCCS), Rome, Italy

Jens Z. Pedersen

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Antonio Facchiano

a.facchiano@idi.it (AF); l.korkina@idi.it (LK)

Affiliation Laboratory of Vascular Pathology, Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata (IDI-IRCCS), Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

Co-author Antonio Facchiano is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EC LK JZP AF. Performed the experiments: EC GD GV MSA FP JZP. Analyzed the data: EC AF JZP GD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FP. Wrote the paper: EC LK GD AF.