About the Authors

Chiara Sassoli

Contributed equally to this work with: Chiara Sassoli, Alessia Frati

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine - Section of Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Alessia Frati

Contributed equally to this work with: Chiara Sassoli, Alessia Frati

Affiliation Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences “Mario Serio” - Unit of Biochemical Sciences and Molecular Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Alessia Tani

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine - Section of Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Giulia Anderloni

Affiliation Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences “Mario Serio” - Unit of Biochemical Sciences and Molecular Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Federica Pierucci

Affiliation Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences “Mario Serio” - Unit of Biochemical Sciences and Molecular Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Francesca Matteini

Affiliation Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences “Mario Serio” - Unit of Biochemical Sciences and Molecular Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Flaminia Chellini

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine - Section of Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Sandra Zecchi Orlandini

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine - Section of Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Lucia Formigli

† Deceased.

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine - Section of Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Elisabetta Meacci

elisabetta.meacci@unifi.it

Affiliation Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences “Mario Serio” - Unit of Biochemical Sciences and Molecular Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS AF LF EM. Performed the experiments: CS AF AT GA FP FM FC. Analyzed the data: CS AF LF EM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SZ-O LF EM CS. Wrote the paper: CS AF LF EM.