About the Authors

Silvia Rossi Paccani

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Marisa Benagiano

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Immunoallergology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Nagaja Capitani

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Irene Zornetta

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Daniel Ladant

Affiliation Unité de Biochimie des Interactions Macromoléculaires, CNRS URA 2185, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Cesare Montecucco

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Mario M. D'Elios

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Immunoallergology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Cosima T. Baldari

baldari@unisi.it

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SRP CM MMD CTB. Performed the experiments: SRP MB NC IZ. Analyzed the data: SRP MB NC CM MMD CTB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IZ DL. Wrote the paper: DL CM MMD CTB.