About the Authors

Renato Millioni

Contributed equally to this work with: Renato Millioni, Rita Polati

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Rita Polati

Contributed equally to this work with: Renato Millioni, Rita Polati

Affiliation Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Michele Menini

Affiliation Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Lucia Puricelli

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Manuela Miuzzo

Affiliation Institute of Neuroscience, National Research Council, Padova, Italy

Paolo Tessari

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Enrico Novelli

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Comparative Pathology and Veterinary Hygiene, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy

Pier Giorgio Righetti

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Daniela Cecconi

daniela.cecconi@univr.it

Affiliation Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DC RM. Performed the experiments: RP M. Menini. Analyzed the data: DC RP RM M. Menini. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DC RM. Wrote the paper: DC RM. Contributed in part in designing and performing the experiments and drafting the manuscript: PGR EN PT LP M. Miuzzo.