About the Authors

Alessandro Orro

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandro Orro, Martina Cappelletti

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technology, CNR, Segrate, Milano, Italy

Martina Cappelletti

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandro Orro, Martina Cappelletti

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Pasqualina D’Ursi

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technology, CNR, Segrate, Milano, Italy

Luciano Milanesi

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Technology, CNR, Segrate, Milano, Italy

Alessandra Di Canito

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

Jessica Zampolli

Affiliations Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

Elena Collina

Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

Francesca Decorosi

Affiliation Department of Agrifood Production and Environmental Sciences, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy

Carlo Viti

Affiliation Department of Agrifood Production and Environmental Sciences, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy

Stefano Fedi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Alessandro Presentato

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Davide Zannoni

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Patrizia Di Gennaro

patrizia.digennaro@unimib.it

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PDG DZ LM CV SF. Performed the experiments: AO MC PDU ADC JZ FD. Analyzed the data: AP EC ADC MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PDG LM DZ. Wrote the paper: PDG AO MC. Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work: AO MC PDG LM DZ. Contributions to the experiments: ADC JZ PDU CV FD SF. Contributions to the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work: AP EC MC AO. Contributions to the Drafting the work: AO MC PDG.