About the Authors

Anna Maria Riccio

Affiliation Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Daniele Saverino

Affiliation Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Giampaola Pesce

Affiliation Medical and Radiomethabolic Therapy, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Anthi Rogkakou

Affiliation Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Maurizio Severino

Affiliation Allergy Unit, Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio, Florence, Italy

Patrizia Bonadonna

Affiliation Allergy Service, Verona General Hospital, Verona, Italy

Erminia Ridolo

Affiliation Experimental and Internal Medicine, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Marina Mauro

Affiliation Allergy Unit, Sant’Anna Hospital, Como, Italy

Giorgio Walter Canonica

Affiliation Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Marcello Bagnasco

Affiliation Medical and Radiomethabolic Therapy, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Giovanni Passalacqua

passalacqua@unige.it

Affiliation Allergy and Respiratory Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMR DS GP MB GP GWC. Performed the experiments: AMR DS GP MB AR MS PB ER MM. Analyzed the data: AMR DS GP MB GP GWC AR MS PB ER MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR MS PB ER MM. Wrote the paper: AMR DS GP MB GP GWC AR MS PB ER MM.