About the Authors

Marina Bianchi

marina.bianchi@marionegri.it

Affiliation IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Department of Public Health Laboratory for Mother and Child Health, Milan, Italy

Antonio Clavenna

Affiliation IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Department of Public Health Laboratory for Mother and Child Health, Milan, Italy

Marco Sequi

Affiliation IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Department of Public Health Laboratory for Mother and Child Health, Milan, Italy

Angela Bortolotti

Affiliations IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Department of Public Health Laboratory for Mother and Child Health, Milan, Italy, Regional Health Ministry, Lombardy Region, Milan, Italy

Ida Fortino

Affiliations IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Department of Public Health Laboratory for Mother and Child Health, Milan, Italy, Regional Health Ministry, Lombardy Region, Milan, Italy

Luca Merlino

Affiliations IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Department of Public Health Laboratory for Mother and Child Health, Milan, Italy, Regional Health Ministry, Lombardy Region, Milan, Italy

Maurizio Bonati

Affiliation IRCCS - Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Department of Public Health Laboratory for Mother and Child Health, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M.Bianchi AC M.Bonati. Performed the experiments: M.Bianchi MS. Analyzed the data: M.Bianchi AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB IF LM. Wrote the paper: M.Bianchi.