About the Authors

Giampaolo Ricci

giampaolo.ricci@unibo.it

Affiliation Pediatric Unit, Department of Gynecologic, Obstetric and Pediatric Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Annalisa Astolfi

Affiliation Interdepartmental Centre for Cancer Research “G. Prodi,” University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Daniel Remondini

Affiliations Department of Physics, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Interdepartmental Centre “L. Galvani”, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Francesca Cipriani

Affiliation Pediatric Unit, Department of Gynecologic, Obstetric and Pediatric Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Serena Formica

Affiliations Pediatric Unit, Department of Gynecologic, Obstetric and Pediatric Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Interdepartmental Centre for Cancer Research “G. Prodi,” University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Arianna Dondi

Affiliation Pediatric Unit, Department of Gynecologic, Obstetric and Pediatric Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Andrea Pession

Affiliations Pediatric Unit, Department of Gynecologic, Obstetric and Pediatric Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Interdepartmental Centre for Cancer Research “G. Prodi,” University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GR AP. Performed the experiments: AA FC SF AD. Analyzed the data: AA DR GR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP. Wrote the paper: GR AA FC DR.