About the Authors

Simona Salati

Affiliation Centre for Regenerative Medicine “Stefano Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Gina Lisignoli

Affiliations SC Laboratorio di Immunoreumatologia e Rigenerazione Tissutale, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy, Laboratorio RAMSES, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

Cristina Manferdini

Affiliations SC Laboratorio di Immunoreumatologia e Rigenerazione Tissutale, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy, Laboratorio RAMSES, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

Valentina Pennucci

Affiliation Centre for Regenerative Medicine “Stefano Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Roberta Zini

Affiliation Centre for Regenerative Medicine “Stefano Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Elisa Bianchi

Affiliation Centre for Regenerative Medicine “Stefano Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Ruggiero Norfo

Affiliation Centre for Regenerative Medicine “Stefano Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Andrea Facchini

Affiliations SC Laboratorio di Immunoreumatologia e Rigenerazione Tissutale, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy, Laboratorio RAMSES, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Sergio Ferrari

Affiliation Life Sciences Department, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Rossella Manfredini

rossella.manfredini@unimore.it

Affiliation Centre for Regenerative Medicine “Stefano Ferrari”, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM SF AF. Performed the experiments: SS GL CM RZ EB RN VP. Analyzed the data: SS GL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GL CM AF. Wrote the paper: SS RM SF AF.