About the Authors

Francesco Nicoli

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Valentina Finessi

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Mariaconcetta Sicurella

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Lara Rizzotto

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Sant'Anna, Ferrara, Italy

Eleonora Gallerani

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Federica Destro

Affiliations Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Aurelio Cafaro

Affiliation National AIDS Center, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Peggy Marconi

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Antonella Caputo

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Barbara Ensoli

Affiliation National AIDS Center, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Riccardo Gavioli

r.gavioli@unife.it

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FN RG. Performed the experiments: FN VF MS EG FD PM. Analyzed the data: FN RG EG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LR PM A. Caputo A. Cafaro. Wrote the manuscript: FN A. Caputo A. Cafaro BE RG.