About the Authors

Sara Tomaselli

Affiliations Medical Genetics, Molecular Medicine Department, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Sapienza–University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Developmental Endocrinology Research Group, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

Francesca Megiorni

Affiliation Experimental Medicine Department, Sapienza–University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Lin Lin

Affiliation Developmental Endocrinology Research Group, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

Maria Cristina Mazzilli

Affiliation Experimental Medicine Department, Sapienza–University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Dianne Gerrelli

Affiliation Neural Development Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

Silvia Majore

Affiliation Medical Genetics, Molecular Medicine Department, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Sapienza–University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Paola Grammatico

Affiliation Medical Genetics, Molecular Medicine Department, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Sapienza–University of Rome, Rome, Italy

John C. Achermann

j.achermann@ich.ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Developmental Endocrinology Research Group, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ST FM LL MCM SM PG JCA. Performed the experiments: ST FM LL. Analyzed the data: ST FM LL JCA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DG PG. Wrote the paper: ST JCA.