About the Authors

Maria Giovanna Scioli

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Anatomic Pathology, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Pietro Lo Giudice

Affiliation Sigma-Tau S.p.A., Pomezia, Rome, Italy

Alessandra Bielli

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Anatomic Pathology, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Valeria Tarallo

Affiliation Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics "A. Buzzati Traverso", Naples, Italy

Alfonso De Rosa

Affiliation Sigma-Tau S.p.A., Pomezia, Rome, Italy

Sandro De Falco

Affiliation Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics "A. Buzzati Traverso", Naples, Italy

Augusto Orlandi

orlandi@uniroma2.it

Affiliations Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Anatomic Pathology, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, Policlinic of Tor Vergata, Anatomic Pathology, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

P. Lo Giudice and A. De Rosa are employees of Sigma-Tau SpA. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGS PLG SDF AO. Performed the experiments: MGS AB VT ADR. Analyzed the data: MGS PLG SDF AO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PLG SDF AO. Wrote the paper: MGS PLG AO.