About the Authors

Mireille Engelen

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy

Renzo Vanna

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy

Chiara Bellei

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy

Fabio A. Zucca

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy

Kazumasa Wakamatsu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Fujita Health University, School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

Enrico Monzani

Affiliation Department of General Chemistry, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Shosuke Ito

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Fujita Health University, School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

Luigi Casella

Affiliation Department of General Chemistry, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Luigi Zecca

luigi.zecca@itb.cnr.it.

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SI LC LZ. Performed the experiments: ME RV EM CB FAZ KW. Analyzed the data: ME EM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SI LC LZ. Wrote the paper: ME LC LZ.