About the Authors

Simona Nanni

Affiliations Department of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy, Medical Pathology Institute, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

Aurora Aiello

Affiliations Medical Pathology Institute, Catholic University, Rome, Italy, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy

Agnese Re

Affiliations Medical Pathology Institute, Catholic University, Rome, Italy, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Alessandro Guffanti

Affiliation Genomnia srl, Lainate, Milan, Italy

Valentina Benvenuti

Affiliation Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy

Claudia Colussi

Affiliations Medical Pathology Institute, Catholic University, Rome, Italy, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy

Luis Jaime Castro-Vega

Affiliation Institut Curie, Paris, France

Armando Felsani

Affiliations Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy, Genomnia srl, Lainate, Milan, Italy

Arturo Londono-Vallejo

Affiliation Institut Curie, Paris, France

Maurizio C. Capogrossi

Affiliation Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata, Rome, Italy

Silvia Bacchetti

Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy

Carlo Gaetano

Gaetano@em.uni-frankfurt.de (CG); afarsetti@gmail.com (AF)

Affiliation Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

Alfredo Pontecorvi

Affiliation Medical Pathology Institute, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

Antonella Farsetti

Gaetano@em.uni-frankfurt.de (CG); afarsetti@gmail.com (AF)

Affiliations Department of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: co-author AG is a Genomnia srl employee and A Fe is a consultant of Genomnia srl. Co-authors CG ad MCC are PLOS ONE Editorial Board members. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SN ALV CG A. Farsetti. Performed the experiments: SN AA AR AG CC LCV VB. Analyzed the data: SN AG A. Felsani. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCC SB AP. Wrote the paper: SN CG SB A. Farsetti.