About the Authors

Arianna Barbara Lovati

arianna.lovati@grupposandonato.it

Affiliation Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy

Carlo Luca Romanò

Affiliation Dipartimento di Chirurgia Ricostruttiva e delle Infezioni Osteo-articolari, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy

Marta Bottagisio

Affiliations Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy, Department of Veterinary Science and Public Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Lorenzo Monti

Affiliation Orthopaedics and Traumatology, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy

Elena De Vecchi

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy

Sara Previdi

Affiliation Laboratory of Cancer Cachexia AIRC Start-Up, Oncology Department, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy

Riccardo Accetta

Affiliation Orthopaedics and Traumatology, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy

Lorenzo Drago

Affiliations Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy, Department of Biomedical Science for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ABL CLR RA LD. Performed the experiments: ABL MB LM EDV SP. Analyzed the data: ABL MB LM EDV SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ABL CLR RA LD. Wrote the paper: ABL CLR MB EDV LD.