About the Authors

Nora Bloise

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nora.bloise@unipv.it (NB); livia.visai@unipv.it (LV)

Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine (DMM), Centre for Health Technologies (C.H.T.), INSTM Unit, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Department of Occupational Medicine, Toxicology and Environmental Risks, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Pavia, Italy

Loredana Petecchia

Roles Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Biophysics, National Research Council, Genova, Italy

Gabriele Ceccarelli

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Experimental Medicine and Forensic, Centre for Health Technologies (C.H.T.), Human Anatomy Unit, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Lorenzo Fassina

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, Centre for Health Technologies (C.H.T.), University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Cesare Usai

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Biophysics, National Research Council, Genova, Italy

Federico Bertoglio

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine (DMM), Centre for Health Technologies (C.H.T.), INSTM Unit, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Department of Occupational Medicine, Toxicology and Environmental Risks, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Pavia, Italy

Martina Balli

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Experimental Medicine and Forensic, Centre for Health Technologies (C.H.T.), Human Anatomy Unit, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Massimo Vassalli

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Biophysics, National Research Council, Genova, Italy

Maria Gabriella Cusella De Angelis

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Experimental Medicine and Forensic, Centre for Health Technologies (C.H.T.), Human Anatomy Unit, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Paola Gavazzo

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Biophysics, National Research Council, Genova, Italy

Marcello Imbriani

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Occupational Medicine, Toxicology and Environmental Risks, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Pavia, Italy, Department of Public Health, Experimental Medicine and Forensic, Centre for Health Technologies (C.H.T.), Human Anatomy Unit, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Livia Visai

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nora.bloise@unipv.it (NB); livia.visai@unipv.it (LV)

Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine (DMM), Centre for Health Technologies (C.H.T.), INSTM Unit, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Department of Occupational Medicine, Toxicology and Environmental Risks, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, IRCCS, Pavia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors received funding from the Compagnia di San Paolo. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.