About the Authors

Simone Guarnieri

Contributed equally to this work with: Simone Guarnieri, Caterina Morabito

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences, StemTeCh group - CeSI, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy, Interuniversity Institute of Myology (IIM), Italy

Caterina Morabito

Contributed equally to this work with: Simone Guarnieri, Caterina Morabito

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences, StemTeCh group - CeSI, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy, Interuniversity Institute of Myology (IIM), Italy

Silvia Belia

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Environmental Biology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Laura Barberi

Affiliations Interuniversity Institute of Myology (IIM), Italy, Institute Pasteur Cenci-Bolognetti, DAHFMO - unit of Histology and Medical Embryology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Antonio Musarò

Affiliations Interuniversity Institute of Myology (IIM), Italy, Institute Pasteur Cenci-Bolognetti, DAHFMO - unit of Histology and Medical Embryology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Center for Life Nano Science@Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rome, Italy

Giorgio Fanò-Illic

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences, StemTeCh group - CeSI, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy, Interuniversity Institute of Myology (IIM), Italy

Maria A. Mariggiò

mariggio@unich.it

Affiliations Department of Neuroscience Imaging and Clinical Sciences, StemTeCh group - CeSI, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy, Interuniversity Institute of Myology (IIM), Italy

Competing Interests

Co-author AM is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member, and this does not alter adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG CM AM GFI MAM. Performed the experiments: SG CM LB SB. Analyzed the data: SG CM SB LB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GFI AM MAM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SG GFI MAM.