About the Authors

Marco Parolini

marco.parolini@unimi.it (MP); andrea.romano@unimi.it (AR)

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Andrea Romano

marco.parolini@unimi.it (MP); andrea.romano@unimi.it (AR)

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Lela Khoriauli

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Solomon G. Nergadze

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Manuela Caprioli

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Diego Rubolini

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Marco Santagostino

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Nicola Saino

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Elena Giulotto

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NS DR AR MP. Performed the experiments: AR MP DR MC LK MS. Analyzed the data: NS MP AR SGN EG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EG NS DR. Wrote the paper: NS MP AR EG LK.