About the Authors

Raffaella Melzi

Affiliation San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute (HSR-DRI), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Barbara Antonioli

Affiliation San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute (HSR-DRI), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Alessia Mercalli

Affiliation San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute (HSR-DRI), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Manuela Battaglia

Affiliation San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute (HSR-DRI), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Andrea Valle

Affiliation San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute (HSR-DRI), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Stefano Pluchino

Affiliation CNS Repair Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Rossella Galli

Affiliation Neural Stem Cell Biology Unit, Division of Regenerative Medicine Stem Cells and Gene Therapy, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Valeria Sordi

Affiliation San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute (HSR-DRI), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Emanuele Bosi

Affiliation Diabetes and Endocrinology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Gianvito Martino

Affiliation Neuroimmunology Unit, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Ezio Bonifacio

Affiliation Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany

Claudio Doglioni

Affiliation Pathology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute and Università Vita–Salute, Milan, Italy

Lorenzo Piemonti

piemonti.lorenzo@hsr.it

Affiliation San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute (HSR-DRI), Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Disease, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM AM MB SP RG VS EB GM EB CD LP. Performed the experiments: RM BA AM AV CD. Analyzed the data: BA AV VS CD LP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB SP RG EB GM CD. Wrote the paper: AV SP CD LP.