About the Authors

Arianna B. Lovati

arianna.lovati@grupposandonato.it

Affiliation Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy

Carlo L. Romanò

Affiliation Dipartimento di Chirurgia Ricostruttiva e delle Infezioni Osteo-articolari, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy

Lorenzo Monti

Affiliation Dipartimento di Chirurgia Ricostruttiva e delle Infezioni Osteo-articolari, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy

Christian Vassena

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy

Sara Previdi

Affiliation Laboratory of Cancer Cachexia AIRC Start-Up, Oncology Department, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy

Lorenzo Drago

Affiliations Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy, Department of Biomedical Science for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ABL CLR LM. Performed the experiments: ABL LM CV SP. Analyzed the data: ABL CV SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLR. Wrote the paper: ABL CLR LD.