About the Authors

Monica Averna

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES) - Biochemistry Section, and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research (CEBR), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Marco Pedrazzi

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES) - Biochemistry Section, and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research (CEBR), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Laura Minicucci

Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis Pediatric Center, G. Gaslini Hospital, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Science Mother and Child, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Roberta De Tullio

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES) - Biochemistry Section, and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research (CEBR), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Federico Cresta

Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis Pediatric Center, G. Gaslini Hospital, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Science Mother and Child, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Franca Salamino

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES) - Biochemistry Section, and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research (CEBR), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Sandro Pontremoli

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES) - Biochemistry Section, and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research (CEBR), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Edon Melloni

melloni@unige.it

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES) - Biochemistry Section, and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research (CEBR), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA SP EM MP. Performed the experiments: MA MP RDT LM FC. Analyzed the data: MA MP EM SP FS LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA MP EM LM FC SP FS. Wrote the paper: MA EM SP.