About the Authors

Emanuela Grassilli

emanuela.grassilli@unimib.it (EG); marialuisa.lavitrano@unimib.it (ML)

Affiliations Department of Surgery and Traslational Medicine, Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, via Cadore 48, Monza, Italy, BiOnSil srl, via Cadore 48, Monza, Italy

Leonarda Ianzano

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Traslational Medicine, Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, via Cadore 48, Monza, Italy

Sara Bonomo

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Traslational Medicine, Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, via Cadore 48, Monza, Italy

Carola Missaglia

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Traslational Medicine, Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, via Cadore 48, Monza, Italy

Maria Grazia Cerrito

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Traslational Medicine, Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, via Cadore 48, Monza, Italy

Roberto Giovannoni

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Traslational Medicine, Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, via Cadore 48, Monza, Italy

Laura Masiero

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Traslational Medicine, Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, via Cadore 48, Monza, Italy

Marialuisa Lavitrano

emanuela.grassilli@unimib.it (EG); marialuisa.lavitrano@unimib.it (ML)

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Traslational Medicine, Medical School, University of Milano-Bicocca, via Cadore 48, Monza, Italy

Competing Interests

EG is an employee of the University of Milano-Bicocca spin-off Bionsil srl. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EG. Performed the experiments: LI SB CM MGC RG LM. Analyzed the data: EG ML. Wrote the paper: EG ML.