About the Authors

Alessandra Allione

Affiliations Human Genetics Foundation, HuGeF, Turin, Italy, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Francesca Marcon

Affiliation Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Giovanni Fiorito

Affiliations Human Genetics Foundation, HuGeF, Turin, Italy, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Simonetta Guarrera

Affiliations Human Genetics Foundation, HuGeF, Turin, Italy, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Ester Siniscalchi

Affiliation Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Andrea Zijno

Affiliation Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Riccardo Crebelli

Affiliation Department of Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Matullo

giuseppe.matullo@unito.it

Affiliations Human Genetics Foundation, HuGeF, Turin, Italy, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AZ RC GM. Performed the experiments: FM ES SG AA. Analyzed the data: GF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FM. Wrote the paper: AA FM GM.