About the Authors
- Giovanna Zanoni
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Contributed equally to this work with: Giovanna Zanoni, Riccardo Navone, Claudio Lunardi
Affiliation Section of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Riccardo Navone
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Contributed equally to this work with: Giovanna Zanoni, Riccardo Navone, Claudio Lunardi
Affiliation Section of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Claudio Lunardi
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Contributed equally to this work with: Giovanna Zanoni, Riccardo Navone, Claudio Lunardi
*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: claudio.lunardi@univr.it
Affiliation Section of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Giuseppe Tridente
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Affiliation Section of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Caterina Bason
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Affiliation Section of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Simona Sivori
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Affiliation Section of Histology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
- Ruggero Beri
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Affiliation Section of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Marzia Dolcino
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Affiliation Immunology Unit, Institute G. Gaslini, Genova, Italy
- Enrico Valletta
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Roberto Corrocher
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Affiliation Section of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Antonio Puccetti
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Affiliations Section of Histology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy , Immunology Unit, Institute G. Gaslini, Genova, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
GZ, CL, and AP conceived the idea and were the principal investigators of the Verona and Genova teams, respectively. RN screened the peptide library and performed the majority of the experiments. CB was responsible for purification of the antibodies. RB performed some of the ELISA tests. MD synthesized the peptides used throughout the study. SS performed the FACS analysis. EV was responsible for the pediatric patients selection. GT and RC advised on the preparation of the report. CL and AP wrote the article with input from GZ.