About the Authors

Anna M. Fra

fra@med.unibs.it

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Bibek Gooptu

Affiliation Institute of Structural Molecular Biology/Crystallography, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Ilaria Ferrarotti

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

Elena Miranda

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology ‘Charles Darwin’ and Pasteur Institute, Cenci Bolognetti Foundation, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy

Roberta Scabini

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

Riccardo Ronzoni

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Federica Benini

Current address: Division of Internal Medicine, Desenzano Hospital, Brescia, Italy

Affiliation Division of Internal Medicine, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy

Luciano Corda

Affiliation Division of Internal Medicine, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy

Daniela Medicina

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy

Maurizio Luisetti

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

Luisa Schiaffonati

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMF BG EM IF ML LS. Performed the experiments: AMF BG RS EM RR DM. Analyzed the data: AMF BG IF EM DM. Wrote the paper: AMF BG IF ML LS. Contributed clinical data: FB LC ML.