About the Authors

Elisabetta Gazzerro

Contributed equally to this work with: Elisabetta Gazzerro, Simona Baldassari

elisabettagazzerro@ospedale-gaslini.ge.it

Affiliation Muscular and Neurodegenerative Disease Unit, G. Gaslini Institute, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Simona Baldassari

Contributed equally to this work with: Elisabetta Gazzerro, Simona Baldassari

Affiliation Muscular and Neurodegenerative Disease Unit, G. Gaslini Institute, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Caterina Giacomini

Affiliation Neuroscience Section, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Veronica Musante

Affiliation Muscular and Neurodegenerative Disease Unit, G. Gaslini Institute, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Floriana Fruscione

Affiliation Muscular and Neurodegenerative Disease Unit, G. Gaslini Institute, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Veronica La Padula

Affiliation Neuroscience Section, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Roberta Biancheri

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy

Sonia Scarfì

Affiliation Biochemistry Section, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Valeria Prada

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Genetics, San Martino Hospital, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Federica Sotgia

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Kimmel Cancer Center, and the Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ian D. Duncan

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Federico Zara

Affiliation Muscular and Neurodegenerative Disease Unit, G. Gaslini Institute, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Hauke B. Werner

Affiliation Department of Neurogenetics, Max-Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany

Michael P. Lisanti

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, Kimmel Cancer Center, and the Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lucilla Nobbio

Affiliation Department of Neurology and Genetics, San Martino Hospital, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Anna Corradi

Affiliation Neuroscience Section, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Carlo Minetti

Affiliation Muscular and Neurodegenerative Disease Unit, G. Gaslini Institute, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EG RB FZ HBW MPL AC CM. Performed the experiments: EG SB CG VM FF LN VLP SS VP FS. Analyzed the data: EG LN RB SS FS IDD FZ HBW MPL AC CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EG SS FS FZ MPL AC CM. Wrote the paper: EG SB FF AC CM.