About the Authors

Laura Maggi

Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Maggi, Francesca Margheri

Affiliations Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, Regenerative Medicine Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy

Francesca Margheri

Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Maggi, Francesca Margheri

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Cristina Luciani

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Manuela Capone

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Maria Caterina Rossi

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Anastasia Chillà

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Veronica Santarlasci

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Alessio Mazzoni

Affiliations Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Centre for Biomolecular Studies Supporting Human Health, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Rolando Cimaz

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Rheumatology Unit, Anna Meyer Children’s Hospital and University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Francesco Liotta

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Enrico Maggi

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Lorenzo Cosmi

lorenzo.cosmi@unifi.it

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Mario Del Rosso

‡ These authors are joint final authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Francesco Annunziato

‡ These authors are joint final authors on this work.

Affiliations Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, Regenerative Medicine Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM FM RC FL EM LC MDR FA. Performed the experiments: LM FM CL MC MCR AC VS AM. Analyzed the data: LM FM CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LM FM CL. Wrote the paper: RC FL EM LC MDR FA.