About the Authors

Paolo Tieri

p.tieri@iac.cnr.it

Affiliations CIG ‘Luigi Galvani’ Interdept Center, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, IAC-CNR Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy

Alberto Termanini

Affiliation CIG ‘Luigi Galvani’ Interdept Center, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Elena Bellavista

Affiliations CIG ‘Luigi Galvani’ Interdept Center, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Stefano Salvioli

Affiliations CIG ‘Luigi Galvani’ Interdept Center, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Miriam Capri

Affiliations CIG ‘Luigi Galvani’ Interdept Center, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Claudio Franceschi

Affiliations CIG ‘Luigi Galvani’ Interdept Center, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PT CF. Performed the experiments: PT AT. Analyzed the data: PT AT EB SS MC CF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PT AT EB SS MC CF. Wrote the paper: PT AT EB SS MC CF.