About the Authors

Cinzia Bernardi

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Ugo Soffientini

Current address: Department of life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Francesco Piacente

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Michela G. Tonetti

tonetti@unige.it

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CB MT. Performed the experiments: CB US FP. Analyzed the data: CB US MT. Wrote the paper: CB MT.