About the Authors

Manuela Pellegrini

Contributed equally to this work with: Manuela Pellegrini, Sara Di Siena

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Cellular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Sara Di Siena

Contributed equally to this work with: Manuela Pellegrini, Sara Di Siena

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Cellular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Giuseppina Claps

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Cellular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Silvia Di Cesare

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Cellular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Susanna Dolci

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Cellular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Pellegrino Rossi

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Cellular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Raffaele Geremia

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Cellular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Paola Grimaldi

grimaldi@uniroma2.it

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Cellular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP. Performed the experiments: MP SDS SDC. Analyzed the data: SDS GC SD PR PG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SDC SD PR RG. Wrote the paper: PR RG PG.