About the Authors

Alessandro Cinti

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy

Marco De Giorgi

Affiliations Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Elisa Chisci

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy

Claudia Arena

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy

Gloria Galimberti

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy

Laura Farina

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy

Cristina Bugarin

Affiliation M. Tettamanti Research Center, Pediatric Clinic, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy

Ilaria Rivolta

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy

Giuseppe Gaipa

Affiliation M. Tettamanti Research Center, Pediatric Clinic, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy

Ryszard Tom Smolenski

Affiliations Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

Maria Grazia Cerrito

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy

Marialuisa Lavitrano

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy

Roberto Giovannoni

roberto.giovannoni@unimib.it

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Translational Medicine, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RG ML. Performed the experiments: AC MDG EC CA G. Galimberti LF CB IR G. Gaipa MGC RG. Analyzed the data: AC MDG EC CA RTS MGC RG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IR G. Gaipa RTS. Wrote the paper: AC MDG MGC ML RG.