About the Authors

Stefania Varchetta

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Research Laboratories, IRCCS, Fondazione San Matteo and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Enrico Brunetta

Affiliation Unit of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

Alessandra Roberto

Affiliation Unit of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

Joanna Mikulak

Affiliation Unit of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

Kelly L. Hudspeth

Affiliation Unit of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

Mario U. Mondelli

Affiliation Unit of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy

Domenico Mavilio

domenico.mavilio@humanitas.it

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, IRCCS, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milano, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors declare no competing financial interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM SV. Performed the experiments: SV EB AR KLH JM. Analyzed the data: SV EB AR KLH JM MUM DM. Wrote the paper: SV MUM DM.