About the Authors

Paolo Accornero

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Accornero, Silvia Miretti

paolo.accornero@unito.it

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, University of Torino, Grugliasco (TO), Italy

Silvia Miretti

Contributed equally to this work with: Paolo Accornero, Silvia Miretti

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, University of Torino, Grugliasco (TO), Italy

Francesca Bersani

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Center for Experimental Research and Medical Studies, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Elena Quaglino

Affiliation Molecular Biotechnology Center, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Eugenio Martignani

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, University of Torino, Grugliasco (TO), Italy

Mario Baratta

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, University of Torino, Grugliasco (TO), Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PA SM MB. Performed the experiments: PA SM FB EQ. Analyzed the data: PA SM FB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EQ. Wrote the paper: PA SM EM MB.