About the Authors

Daria Capece

Contributed equally to this work with: Daria Capece, Francesca Zazzeroni

Affiliation Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Francesca Zazzeroni

Contributed equally to this work with: Daria Capece, Francesca Zazzeroni

Affiliation Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Maria Michela Mancarelli

Affiliation Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Daniela Verzella

Affiliation Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Mariafausta Fischietti

Affiliation Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Ambra Di Tommaso

Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Rita Maccarone

Affiliation Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Sara Plebani

Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Mauro Di Ianni

Affiliation Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Alberto Gulino

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Edoardo Alesse

edoardo.alesse@univaq.it

Affiliation Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DC FZ MMM EA. Performed the experiments: DC FZ MMM DV MF ADT RM. Analyzed the data: DC FZ MDI AG EA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ADT SP MDI. Wrote the paper: DC FZ AG EA. Identified and cloned IK11: FZ MMM.