About the Authors

Laura Restani

Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Restani, Francesco Giribaldi

Affiliations Molecular NeuroPathobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom, CNR, Neuroscience Institute, Pisa, Italy

Francesco Giribaldi

Contributed equally to this work with: Laura Restani, Francesco Giribaldi

Current address: Department of Experimental Medicine, Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Genova, Italy

Affiliation Molecular NeuroPathobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom

Maria Manich

Affiliations Molecular NeuroPathobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom, Institut Pasteur, Unité des Bactéries anaérobies et Toxines, Paris, France

Kinga Bercsenyi

Affiliation Molecular NeuroPathobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom

Guillermo Menendez

Affiliation Molecular NeuroPathobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom

Ornella Rossetto

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Matteo Caleo

Affiliation CNR, Neuroscience Institute, Pisa, Italy

Giampietro Schiavo

giampietro.schiavo@cancer.org.uk

Affiliation Molecular NeuroPathobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LR FG KB MM MC GS. Performed the experiments: LR FG MM KB. Analyzed the data: LR FG KB MM GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OR GM. Wrote the paper: LR FG KB MC GS. Designed Microfluidic chambers: GM.