About the Authors

Federica Boraldi

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 287, Modena, Italy

Angelica Bartolomeo

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 287, Modena, Italy

Sara De Biasi

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 287, Modena, Italy

Stefania Orlando

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 287, Modena, Italy

Sonia Costa

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 287, Modena, Italy

Andrea Cossarizza

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 287, Modena, Italy

Daniela Quaglino

daniela.quaglino@unimore.it

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 287, Modena, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FB DQ. Performed the experiments: AB SDB SO SC. Analyzed the data: FB AC. Wrote the paper: FB DQ.