About the Authors

Teresa Lorenzi

Contributed equally to this work with: Teresa Lorenzi, Angelo Turi

t.lorenzi@univpm.it (TL); m.castellucci@univpm.it (MC)

Affiliation Division of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Angelo Turi

Contributed equally to this work with: Teresa Lorenzi, Angelo Turi

Affiliation Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology at "G. Salesi" Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Maria Lorenzi

Affiliation Division of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Francesca Paolinelli

Affiliation Division of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Francesca Mancioli

Affiliation Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology at "G. Salesi" Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Lucia La Sala

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, School of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Manrico Morroni

Affiliation Division of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Pasquapina Ciarmela

Affiliation Division of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Angelo Mantovani

Affiliation Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, San Severino Marche Hospital, San Severino Marche, Italy

Andrea Luigi Tranquilli

Affiliation Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology at "G. Salesi" Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Mario Castellucci

t.lorenzi@univpm.it (TL); m.castellucci@univpm.it (MC)

Affiliation Division of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Daniela Marzioni

Affiliation Division of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TL AT ML MC DM. Performed the experiments: TL ML FP FM LL DM. Analyzed the data: TL ML FP FM LL DM PC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AT MM MC DM. Wrote the paper: TL DM. Collection of samples: AM ALT. Final approval of the version to be published: MM AM ALT MC.