About the Authors

Fabiano Di Marco

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiano Di Marco, Silvia Terraneo

fabiano.dimarco@unimi.it

Affiliations Respiratory Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Milan, Italy, Department of Health Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Silvia Terraneo

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabiano Di Marco, Silvia Terraneo

Affiliations Respiratory Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Milan, Italy, Department of Health Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Gianluca Imeri

Affiliations Respiratory Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Milan, Italy, Department of Health Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Giuseppina Palumbo

Affiliations Respiratory Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Milan, Italy, Department of Health Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Francesca La Briola

Affiliation Epilepsy Center, Ospedale San Paolo, Milan, Italy

Silvia Tresoldi

Affiliation Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Unit, Department of Diagnostic Services, Ospedale San Paolo, Milan, Italy

Angela Volpi

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Ospedale San Paolo, Milan, Italy

Lorenzo Gualandri

Affiliation Dermatologic Clinic, Ospedale San Paolo, Milan, Italy

Filippo Ghelma

Affiliations Disabled Advanced Medical Assistance Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Milan, Italy, Department of Health Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Rosa Maria Alfano

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology, Cytogenetic and Molecular Pathology, Ospedale San Paolo, Milan, Italy

Emanuele Montanari

Affiliations First Division of Urology, Ospedale San Paolo, Milan, Italy, Department of Health Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Alfredo Gorio

Affiliations Laboratories of Pharmacology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, Department of Health Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Elena Lesma

Affiliations Laboratories of Pharmacology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, Department of Health Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Angela Peron

Affiliation Epilepsy Center, Ospedale San Paolo, Milan, Italy

Maria Paola Canevini

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Epilepsy Center, Ospedale San Paolo, Milan, Italy, Department of Health Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Stefano Centanni

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Respiratory Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Milan, Italy, Department of Health Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FDM S. Terraneo EL AG SC MPC. Performed the experiments: GI GP FLB S. Tresoldi AV LG FG RMA EM AP. Analyzed the data: FDM S. Terraneo. Wrote the paper: FDM S. Terraneo AG EL.