About the Authors

Chiara Verpelli

Affiliations ELAT (European Laboratory for Angiogenesis and Translational Research), University of Milan, Milan, Italy, CNR Neuroscience Institute and Department of Pharmacology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Giulio Bertani

Affiliations ELAT (European Laboratory for Angiogenesis and Translational Research), University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Valentina Cea

Affiliations ELAT (European Laboratory for Angiogenesis and Translational Research), University of Milan, Milan, Italy, CNR Neuroscience Institute and Department of Pharmacology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Monica Patti

Affiliations ELAT (European Laboratory for Angiogenesis and Translational Research), University of Milan, Milan, Italy, CNR Neuroscience Institute and Department of Pharmacology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Andreas Bikfalvi

Affiliations ELAT (European Laboratory for Angiogenesis and Translational Research), University of Milan, Milan, Italy, INSERM U920 (ex E0113) and University of Bordeaux 1, Talence, France

Lorenzo Bello

c.sala@in.cnr.it (CS); lorenzo.bello@unimi.it (LB)

Affiliations ELAT (European Laboratory for Angiogenesis and Translational Research), University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Carlo Sala

c.sala@in.cnr.it (CS); lorenzo.bello@unimi.it (LB)

Affiliations ELAT (European Laboratory for Angiogenesis and Translational Research), University of Milan, Milan, Italy, CNR Neuroscience Institute and Department of Pharmacology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CV AB LB CS. Performed the experiments: CV GB VC MP. Analyzed the data: CV LB. Wrote the paper: CV AB LB CS.