About the Authors
- Angelo Cerbone
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Contributed equally to this work with: Angelo Cerbone, Cristina Toaldo
Affiliation MerckSerono Ivrea – RBM S.p.A., Istituto di Ricerche Biomediche "A. Marxer", Colleretto Giacosa, Turin, Italy
- Cristina Toaldo
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Contributed equally to this work with: Angelo Cerbone, Cristina Toaldo
Affiliation Section of General Pathology, Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- Rosalba Minelli
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Affiliation Department of Science and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- Eric Ciamporcero
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Affiliation Section of General Pathology, Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- Stefania Pizzimenti
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Affiliation Section of General Pathology, Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- Piergiorgio Pettazzoni
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Affiliation Section of General Pathology, Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- Guglielmo Roma
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Affiliation MerckSerono Ivrea – RBM S.p.A., Istituto di Ricerche Biomediche "A. Marxer", Colleretto Giacosa, Turin, Italy
- Mario Umberto Dianzani
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Affiliation Section of General Pathology, Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- Chiara Ullio
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Affiliation Section of General Pathology, Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- Carlo Ferretti
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Affiliation Department of Science and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- Chiara Dianzani
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Affiliation Department of Science and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- Giuseppina Barrera
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* E-mail: giuseppina.barrera@unito.it
Affiliation Section of General Pathology, Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Competing Interests
AC and GR are employed by MerckSerono Ivrea – RBM S.p.A. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GB CD MUD CT AC. Performed the experiments: AC CT RM EC SP PP CU. Analyzed the data: GR CF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CF CD GB AC. Wrote the paper: GB.