About the Authors

Giovanni Guaraldi

g.guaraldi@unimo.it

Affiliation University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Stefano Zona

Affiliation University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Thomas D. Brothers

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Federica Carli

Affiliation University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Chiara Stentarelli

Affiliation University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Giovanni Dolci

Affiliation University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Antonella Santoro

Affiliation University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Barbara Beghetto

Affiliation University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Marianna Menozzi

Affiliation University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Cristina Mussini

Affiliation University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Julian Falutz

Affiliation McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GG TB SZ JF CM. Performed the experiments: GG TB SZ GD AS FC CS MM. Analyzed the data: GG TB SZ MM JF CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GG TB SZ GD AS FC CS MM BB. Wrote the paper: GG TB SZ GD AS JF.