About the Authors

Anna Fusco

Affiliation Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Pediatric Section, “Federico II” University, Naples, Italy

Luigi Panico

Affiliation Unit of Pathology, National Relevance Hospital “S.G. Moscati”, Avellino, Italy

Marisa Gorrese

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology–CEINGE, “Federico II” University, Naples, Italy

Gabriella Bianchino

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Unit, IRCCS, “Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata”, Rionero in Vulture, Pz, Italy

Maria V. Barone

Affiliation Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Pediatric Section, “Federico II” University, Naples, Italy

Vitina Grieco

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Unit, IRCCS, “Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata”, Rionero in Vulture, Pz, Italy

Laura Vitiello

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology and Pathology, “Federico II” University, Naples, Italy

Roberta D’Assante

Affiliation Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Pediatric Section, “Federico II” University, Naples, Italy

Rosa Romano

Affiliation Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Pediatric Section, “Federico II” University, Naples, Italy

Loredana Palamaro

Affiliation Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Pediatric Section, “Federico II” University, Naples, Italy

Giulia Scalia

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology–CEINGE, “Federico II” University, Naples, Italy

Luigi Del Vecchio

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology–CEINGE, “Federico II” University, Naples, Italy

Claudio Pignata

pignata@unina.it

Affiliation Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Pediatric Section, “Federico II” University, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AF CP. Performed the experiments: AF LuP MG GB LV GS. Analyzed the data: AF CP RD RR LoP LDV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CP LuP GB LDV LV MVB VG. Wrote the paper: AF CP.