About the Authors

Patrizia Casalbore

Contributed equally to this work with: Patrizia Casalbore, Manuela Budoni

Affiliation Institute of Neurobiology and Molecular Medicine, CNR, Rome, Italy

Manuela Budoni

Contributed equally to this work with: Patrizia Casalbore, Manuela Budoni

Affiliations Institute of Neurobiology and Molecular Medicine, CNR, Rome, Italy, Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Lucia Ricci-Vitiani

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Carlo Cenciarelli

Affiliations Institute of Neurobiology and Molecular Medicine, CNR, Rome, Italy, Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Giovanna Petrucci

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Luisa Milazzo

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Oncology and Molecular Medicine, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Nicola Montano

Affiliation Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Elisabetta Tabolacci

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Giulio Maira

Affiliation Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Luigi M. Larocca

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Roberto Pallini

pallini@rm.unicatt.it

Affiliation Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PC GM LML RP. Performed the experiments: PC MB LRV GP NM ET. Analyzed the data: LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CC. Wrote the paper: RP.