About the Authors

Amit Kumar

amit369@gmail.com (AK); ep@crs4.it (EP)

Affiliations Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Public Health and Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, CRS4 Science and Technology Park Polaris, Bio-Engineering Group, Piscina Manna, Pula (CA) Italy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Oncology and Molecular Pathology Unit, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Eleonora Cocco

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Public Health and Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Luigi Atzori

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Oncology and Molecular Pathology Unit, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Maria Giovanna Marrosu

Affiliation Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Public Health and Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Enrico Pieroni

amit369@gmail.com (AK); ep@crs4.it (EP)

Affiliation CRS4 Science and Technology Park Polaris, Bio-Engineering Group, Piscina Manna, Pula (CA) Italy

Competing Interests

CRS4 is "Research organization, fully owned subsidiary of an Italian public body", thus do not have any private organization in its Management Board. 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: AK EC MGM EP. Performed the experiments: AK. Analyzed the data: AK LA EP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK EC LA MGM EP. Wrote the paper: AK EP.