About the Authors

Stefania Cannito

Contributed equally to this work with: Stefania Cannito, Elisabetta Morello

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Elisabetta Morello

Contributed equally to this work with: Stefania Cannito, Elisabetta Morello

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Claudia Bocca

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Beatrice Foglia

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Elisa Benetti

Affiliation Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Erica Novo

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Fausto Chiazza

Affiliation Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Mara Rogazzo

Affiliation Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Roberto Fantozzi

Affiliation Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Davide Povero

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, United States of America

Salvatore Sutti

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Research Center for Autoimmune Diseases, University “Amedeo Avogadro” of East Piedmont, Novara, Italy

Elisabetta Bugianesi

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Ariel E. Feldstein

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA, United States of America

Emanuele Albano

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences and Interdisciplinary Research Center for Autoimmune Diseases, University “Amedeo Avogadro” of East Piedmont, Novara, Italy

Massimo Collino

Affiliation Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Maurizio Parola

maurizio.parola@unito.it

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SC EM EA AF MC MP. Formal analysis: SC EM SS E. Benetti DP. Funding acquisition: MP. Investigation: SC EM CB BF E. Benetti EN FC MR RF DP SS E. Bugianesi. Methodology: DP SC AF. Project administration: MP EA MC AF. Resources: E. Bugianesi EA SS DP AF. Supervision: SC E. Bugianesi DP AF EA MC MP. Writing – original draft: SC EM EA MC MP.