About the Authors

Rita Campanelli

Affiliation Center for the Study of Myelofibrosis, Biotechnology Research Area, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

Gabriela Fois

Affiliation Center for the Study of Myelofibrosis, Biotechnology Research Area, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

Paolo Catarsi

Affiliation Center for the Study of Myelofibrosis, Biotechnology Research Area, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

Valentina Poletto

Affiliation Center for the Study of Myelofibrosis, Biotechnology Research Area, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

Laura Villani

Affiliation Center for the Study of Myelofibrosis, Biotechnology Research Area, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

Benedetta Gaia Erba

Affiliation Vascular Biology Group, IFOM, FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milano, Italy

Luigi Maddaluno

Affiliation Vascular Biology Group, IFOM, FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milano, Italy

Basilio Jemos

Affiliation Unit of Hepatopancreatic Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

Silvia Salmoiraghi

Affiliation Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy

Paola Guglielmelli

Affiliation Center for Research and Innovation for Myeloproliferative Neoplasms-CRIMM, AOU Careggi, and Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy

Vittorio Abbonante

Affiliations Biotechnology Research Area, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Christian Andrea Di Buduo

Affiliations Biotechnology Research Area, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Alessandra Balduini

Affiliations Biotechnology Research Area, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Alessandra Iurlo

Affiliation Oncohematology Division, IRCCS Ca' Granda-Maggiore Policlinico Hospital Foundation, University of Milano, Milano, Italy

Giovanni Barosi

Affiliation Center for the Study of Myelofibrosis, Biotechnology Research Area, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

Vittorio Rosti

Affiliation Center for the Study of Myelofibrosis, Biotechnology Research Area, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

Margherita Massa

m.massa@smatteo.pv.it

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Area, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

AGIMM Investigators

Membership of the AGIMM (AIRC-Gruppo Italiano Malattie Mieloproliferative) is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM VR. Performed the experiments: RC GF LV PC PG BGE LM VP VR CADB VA AB. Analyzed the data: RC MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BJ SS AI GB. Wrote the paper: RC VR GB MM.