About the Authors

Fortunata Iacopino

Contributed equally to this work with: Fortunata Iacopino, Cristiana Angelucci

iaco.forty@rm.unicatt.it

Affiliation Institute of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Cristiana Angelucci

Contributed equally to this work with: Fortunata Iacopino, Cristiana Angelucci

Affiliation Institute of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Roberto Piacentini

Affiliation Institute of Human Physiology, Medical School, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Filippo Biamonte

Affiliation Institute of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Annunziato Mangiola

Affiliation Institute of Neurosurgery, Medical School, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Giulio Maira

Affiliation Institute of Neurosurgery, Medical School, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Claudio Grassi

Affiliation Institute of Human Physiology, Medical School, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Gigliola Sica

Affiliation Institute of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GS FI. Performed the experiments: FI CA FB RP. Analyzed the data: FI GS CG RP GM AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS FI. Wrote the paper: FI GS CG.