About the Authors

Massimo Cesareo

massimo.cesareo@uniroma2.it

Affiliation Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Elena Ciuffoletti

Affiliation Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Alessio Martucci

Affiliation Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Jacopo Sebastiani

Affiliation Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Roberto Pietro Sorge

Affiliation Laboratory of Biometry, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Eleonora Lamantea

Affiliation Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Neurological Institute C. Besta IRCCS, Milan, Italy

Barbara Garavaglia

Affiliation Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Neurological Institute C. Besta IRCCS, Milan, Italy

Federico Ricci

Affiliation Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Andrea Cusumano

Affiliation Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Carlo Nucci

Affiliation Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Francesco Brancati

Affiliations Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy, Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biology, Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MC. Data curation: RPS MC. Formal analysis: RPS. Funding acquisition: FB AC. Investigation: MC JS EC. Methodology: MC EC. Project administration: MC. Resources: FB EL BG. Software: MC JS. Supervision: MC. Validation: MC. Visualization: MC EC. Writing – original draft: MC AC CN FR EC. Writing – review & editing: MC AM.