About the Authors

Elisabetta Caselli

csb@unife.it

Affiliation Section of Microbiology, Department of Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Maria Chiara Zatelli

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Advanced Therapies and LTTA, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Roberta Rizzo

Affiliation Section of Microbiology, Department of Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Sabrina Benedetti

Affiliation Section of Microbiology, Department of Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Debora Martorelli

Affiliation Cancer Bio-Immunotherapy Unit, CRO – IRCCS, National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy

Giorgio Trasforini

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Advanced Therapies and LTTA, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Enzo Cassai

Affiliation Section of Microbiology, Department of Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Ettore C. degli Uberti

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Advanced Therapies and LTTA, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Dario Di Luca

Affiliation Section of Microbiology, Department of Experimental and Diagnostic Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Riccardo Dolcetti

Affiliation Cancer Bio-Immunotherapy Unit, CRO – IRCCS, National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: E. Caselli, D. di Luca, R. Dolcetti. Performed the experiments: E. Caselli. M.C. Zatelli, R. Rizzo, S. Benedetti, D. Martorelli. Analyzed the data: E. Caselli, M.C. Zatelli, E. Cassai, E.C. degli Uberti, D. di Luca, R. Dolcetti. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M.C. Zatelli, G. Trasforini. Wrote the paper: E. Caselli, D. di Luca, R. Dolcetti. Coordinated interaction between departments and discussed results: E. Cassai.