About the Authors

Umberto Vespasiani-Gentilucci

u.vespasiani@unicampus.it

Affiliation Internal Medicine and Hepatology Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Paolo Gallo

Affiliation Internal Medicine and Hepatology Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Fiorella Piemonte

Affiliation Unit of Neuromuscolar and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Children’s Hospital and Research Institute “Bambino Gesù”, Rome, Italy

Elisabetta Riva

Affiliation Virology Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Aldostefano Porcari

Affiliation Internal Medicine and Hepatology Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Ferruccio Vorini

Affiliation Internal Medicine and Hepatology Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Giulia Tozzi

Affiliation Unit of Neuromuscolar and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Children’s Hospital and Research Institute “Bambino Gesù”, Rome, Italy

Livia Piccioni

Affiliation Virology Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Giovanni Galati

Affiliation Internal Medicine and Hepatology Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Antonio De Vincentis

Affiliation Internal Medicine and Hepatology Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Simone Carotti

Affiliation Laboratory of Microscopic and Ultrastructural Anatomy, CIR, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Sergio Morini

Affiliation Laboratory of Microscopic and Ultrastructural Anatomy, CIR, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Jessica D’Amico

Affiliation Unit of Neuromuscolar and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Children’s Hospital and Research Institute “Bambino Gesù”, Rome, Italy

Silvia Angeletti

Affiliation Clinical Pathology and Microbiology Laboratory, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Claudio Pedone

Affiliation Area of Geriatrics, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Antonio Picardi

Affiliation Internal Medicine and Hepatology Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UVG PG AlPo FV GG ADV AnPi. Performed the experiments: FP ER GT LP SC SM JD SA. Analyzed the data: UVG CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FP ER GT LP SC SM JD SA. Wrote the paper: UVG PG GG ADV CP AnPi.