About the Authors

Silvia Galbiati

Contributed equally to this work with: Silvia Galbiati, Francesco Damin

galbiati.silvia@hsr.it

Affiliation San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Genomic Unit for the Diagnosis of Human Pathologies, Center for Translational Genomics and Bioinformatics, Milan, Italy

Francesco Damin

Contributed equally to this work with: Silvia Galbiati, Francesco Damin

Affiliation Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare, C. N. R., Milan, Italy

Pamela Pinzani

Affiliation Clinical Biochemistry Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Irene Mancini

Affiliation Clinical Biochemistry Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Serena Vinci

Affiliation Clinical Biochemistry Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Marcella Chiari

Affiliation Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare, C. N. R., Milan, Italy

Claudio Orlando

Affiliation Clinical Biochemistry Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Laura Cremonesi

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Genomic Unit for the Diagnosis of Human Pathologies, Center for Translational Genomics and Bioinformatics, Milan, Italy

Maurizio Ferrari

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Genomic Unit for the Diagnosis of Human Pathologies, Center for Translational Genomics and Bioinformatics, Milan, Italy, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, Diagnostica e Ricerca San Raffaele SpA, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG FD MC CO LC MF. Performed the experiments: SG FD PP IM SV. Analyzed the data: SG FD MC CO LC MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG FD PP IM SV. Wrote the paper: SG FD PP LC MF.