About the Authors

Elisa Carpanese

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Paola Moretto

Affiliation Department of Surgical and Morphological Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Viviana Filpa

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Silvia Marchet

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Elisabetta Moro

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Francesca Crema

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Gianmario Frigo

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Cristina Giaroni

cristina.giaroni@uninsubria.it

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EC PM VF SM CG. Performed the experiments: EC PM VF SM EM. Analyzed the data: EC VF CG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FC GF CG. Wrote the paper: EC FC GF CG.