About the Authors

Letizia Mattii

letizia.mattii@med.unipi.it

Affiliation Unit of Histology and Medical Embriology,Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Chiara Ippolito

Affiliation Unit of Histology and Medical Embriology,Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Cristina Segnani

Affiliation Unit of Histology and Medical Embriology,Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Barbara Battolla

Affiliation Unit of Histology and Medical Embriology,Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Rocchina Colucci

Affiliation Unit of Pharmacology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Amelio Dolfi

Affiliation Unit of Histology and Medical Embriology,Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Gabrio Bassotti

Affiliation Unit of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Corrado Blandizzi

Affiliation Unit of Pharmacology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Nunzia Bernardini

Affiliation Unit of Histology and Medical Embriology,Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Revised the manuscript: GB CB. Conceived and designed the experiments: LM NB. Performed the experiments: CI CS BB. Analyzed the data: LM CI CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LM AD RC NB. Wrote the paper: LM NB.