About the Authors

Chiara Chianese

Affiliations Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence and Centre of Excellence DeNothe, Florence, Italy, Molecular Biology Laboratory, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Adam C. Gunning

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence and Centre of Excellence DeNothe, Florence, Italy

Claudia Giachini

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence and Centre of Excellence DeNothe, Florence, Italy

Fabrice Daguin

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence and Centre of Excellence DeNothe, Florence, Italy

Giancarlo Balercia

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Umberto I Hospital, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Elisabet Ars

Affiliation Molecular Biology Laboratory, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Deborah Lo Giacco

Affiliations Molecular Biology Laboratory, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Andrology Service, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Eduard Ruiz-Castañé

Affiliation Andrology Service, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Gianni Forti

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence and Centre of Excellence DeNothe, Florence, Italy

Csilla Krausz

c.krausz@dfc.unifi.it

Affiliations Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence and Centre of Excellence DeNothe, Florence, Italy, Andrology Service, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CK CC AG. Performed the experiments: CC AG CG DLG. Analyzed the data: CC AG CK FD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GF CK EA ERC GB. Wrote the paper: CC AG CK.