About the Authors

Eva Pericolini

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Surgical, Medical, Dental and Morphological Sciences with interest in Transplant, Oncological and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, Department of Diagnostic, Clinical and Public Health Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Stefano Perito

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Anna Castagnoli

Roles Investigation

Affiliation School of Specialization in Microbiology and Virology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Elena Gabrielli

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Antonella Mencacci

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Elisabetta Blasi

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

Current address: Department of Surgical, Medical, Dental and Morphological Sciences with interest in Transplant, Oncological and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic, Clinical and Public Health Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Anna Vecchiarelli

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Robert T. Wheeler

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

robert.wheeler1@maine.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.