About the Authors

Claudia Scarponi

Affiliation Experimental Immunology Laboratory, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Elena Butturini

Affiliation Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Rosanna Sestito

Current address: Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Affiliation Experimental Immunology Laboratory, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Stefania Madonna

Affiliation Experimental Immunology Laboratory, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Andrea Cavani

Affiliation Experimental Immunology Laboratory, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Sofia Mariotto

Affiliation Department of Life and Reproduction Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Cristina Albanesi

c.albanesi@idi.it

Affiliation Experimental Immunology Laboratory, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CA CS S. Mariotto AC. Performed the experiments: CS EB RS S. Madonna. Analyzed the data: CS EB S. Mariotto CA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EB S. Mariotto. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: CA.