About the Authors

Irene Bianconi

Contributed equally to this work with: Irene Bianconi, Andrea Milani

Affiliation San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Milano, Italy

Andrea Milani

Contributed equally to this work with: Irene Bianconi, Andrea Milani

Affiliation Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnologies, Milano, Italy

Cristina Cigana

Affiliation San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Milano, Italy

Moira Paroni

Affiliation San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Milano, Italy

Roger C. Levesque

Affiliation Institut de biologie intégrative et des systèmes (IBIS), Faculté de médecine et Pavillon Charles-Eugène Marchand, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Giovanni Bertoni

Affiliation Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnologies, Milano, Italy

Alessandra Bragonzi

bragonzi.alessandra@hsr.it

Affiliation San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Milano, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IB AM RCL GB AB. Performed the experiments: IB AM CC MP AB. Analyzed the data: IB AM GB AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCL GB AB. Wrote the paper: RCL GB AB.