About the Authors

Valeria Capra

Contributed equally to this work with: Valeria Capra, Samantha Mascelli, Maria Luisa Garrè, Paolo Nozza, Carlotta Vaccari, Lara Bricco, Frédérique Sloan-Béna, Stefania Gimelli, Cristina Cuoco, Giorgio Gimelli, Elisa Tassano

Affiliation Unità Operativa di Neurochirurgia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini,Genova, Italy

Samantha Mascelli

Contributed equally to this work with: Valeria Capra, Samantha Mascelli, Maria Luisa Garrè, Paolo Nozza, Carlotta Vaccari, Lara Bricco, Frédérique Sloan-Béna, Stefania Gimelli, Cristina Cuoco, Giorgio Gimelli, Elisa Tassano

Affiliation Unità Operativa di Neurochirurgia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini,Genova, Italy

Maria Luisa Garrè

Contributed equally to this work with: Valeria Capra, Samantha Mascelli, Maria Luisa Garrè, Paolo Nozza, Carlotta Vaccari, Lara Bricco, Frédérique Sloan-Béna, Stefania Gimelli, Cristina Cuoco, Giorgio Gimelli, Elisa Tassano

Affiliation Modulo Dipartimentale di Neuro-Oncologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

Paolo Nozza

Contributed equally to this work with: Valeria Capra, Samantha Mascelli, Maria Luisa Garrè, Paolo Nozza, Carlotta Vaccari, Lara Bricco, Frédérique Sloan-Béna, Stefania Gimelli, Cristina Cuoco, Giorgio Gimelli, Elisa Tassano

Affiliation Unità Operativa di Anatomia Patologica, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

Carlotta Vaccari

Contributed equally to this work with: Valeria Capra, Samantha Mascelli, Maria Luisa Garrè, Paolo Nozza, Carlotta Vaccari, Lara Bricco, Frédérique Sloan-Béna, Stefania Gimelli, Cristina Cuoco, Giorgio Gimelli, Elisa Tassano

Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Cytogenetics Unit, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

Lara Bricco

Contributed equally to this work with: Valeria Capra, Samantha Mascelli, Maria Luisa Garrè, Paolo Nozza, Carlotta Vaccari, Lara Bricco, Frédérique Sloan-Béna, Stefania Gimelli, Cristina Cuoco, Giorgio Gimelli, Elisa Tassano

Affiliation Molecular Genetics and Cytogenetics Unit, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

Frédérique Sloan-Béna

Contributed equally to this work with: Valeria Capra, Samantha Mascelli, Maria Luisa Garrè, Paolo Nozza, Carlotta Vaccari, Lara Bricco, Frédérique Sloan-Béna, Stefania Gimelli, Cristina Cuoco, Giorgio Gimelli, Elisa Tassano

Affiliation Service of Genetic Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Stefania Gimelli

Contributed equally to this work with: Valeria Capra, Samantha Mascelli, Maria Luisa Garrè, Paolo Nozza, Carlotta Vaccari, Lara Bricco, Frédérique Sloan-Béna, Stefania Gimelli, Cristina Cuoco, Giorgio Gimelli, Elisa Tassano

Affiliation Service of Genetic Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Cristina Cuoco

Contributed equally to this work with: Valeria Capra, Samantha Mascelli, Maria Luisa Garrè, Paolo Nozza, Carlotta Vaccari, Lara Bricco, Frédérique Sloan-Béna, Stefania Gimelli, Cristina Cuoco, Giorgio Gimelli, Elisa Tassano

Affiliation Laboratorio di Citogenetica, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

Giorgio Gimelli

Contributed equally to this work with: Valeria Capra, Samantha Mascelli, Maria Luisa Garrè, Paolo Nozza, Carlotta Vaccari, Lara Bricco, Frédérique Sloan-Béna, Stefania Gimelli, Cristina Cuoco, Giorgio Gimelli, Elisa Tassano

Affiliation Laboratorio di Citogenetica, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

Elisa Tassano

Contributed equally to this work with: Valeria Capra, Samantha Mascelli, Maria Luisa Garrè, Paolo Nozza, Carlotta Vaccari, Lara Bricco, Frédérique Sloan-Béna, Stefania Gimelli, Cristina Cuoco, Giorgio Gimelli, Elisa Tassano

eli.tassano@gmail.com

Affiliation Laboratorio di Citogenetica, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VC CV LB CC GG ET. Performed the experiments: CC GG SG FSB ET. Analyzed the data: VC SM MLG PN CV LB CC GG ET. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VC CC GG SG FSB ET. Wrote the paper: VC CV GG ET.