About the Authors

Paolo Guazzi

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Guazzi, Luca Goitre, Elisa Ferro, Lorenza Trabalzini, Saverio Francesco Retta

Affiliation Department of Biotechnologies, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Luca Goitre

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Guazzi, Luca Goitre, Elisa Ferro, Lorenza Trabalzini, Saverio Francesco Retta

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Orbassano (TO), Italy

Elisa Ferro

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Guazzi, Luca Goitre, Elisa Ferro, Lorenza Trabalzini, Saverio Francesco Retta

Affiliation Department of Biotechnologies, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Valentina Cutano

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Orbassano (TO), Italy

Chiara Martino

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Orbassano (TO), Italy

Lorenza Trabalzini

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Guazzi, Luca Goitre, Elisa Ferro, Lorenza Trabalzini, Saverio Francesco Retta

Affiliation Department of Biotechnologies, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Saverio Francesco Retta

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Guazzi, Luca Goitre, Elisa Ferro, Lorenza Trabalzini, Saverio Francesco Retta

francesco.retta@unito.it

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Orbassano (TO), Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LT SFR. Performed the experiments: PG LG EF VC CM. Analyzed the data: PG LG EF LT SFR. Wrote the paper: LT SFR.