About the Authors

Manuela Currao

Affiliation Dept. of Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology Laboratories, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Carlo L. Balduini

Affiliation Dept. of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Alessandra Balduini

alessandra.balduini@unipv.it

Affiliations Dept. of Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology Laboratories, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC CLB AB. Performed the experiments: MC. Analyzed the data: MC CLB AB. Wrote the paper: AB.