About the Authors

Vito Cantisani

Contributed equally to this work with: Vito Cantisani, Salvatore Ulisse

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Oncology and Antomy Pathology, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Salvatore Ulisse

Contributed equally to this work with: Vito Cantisani, Salvatore Ulisse

Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Eleonora Guaitoli

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Corrado De Vito

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Riccardo Caruso

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Renzo Mocini

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Vito D’Andrea

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Valeria Ascoli

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Oncology and Antomy Pathology, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Alfredo Antonaci

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Carlo Catalano

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Oncology and Antomy Pathology, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Francesco Nardi

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Oncology and Antomy Pathology, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Adriano Redler

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Paolo Ricci

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Oncology and Antomy Pathology, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Enrico De Antoni

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Salvatore Sorrenti

salvatore.sorrenti@uniroma1.it

Affiliation Department of Surgical Sciences, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VC SU SS EDA AR. Performed the experiments: VC EG RC VDA VA AA CC FN PR. Analyzed the data: SU CDV SS. Wrote the paper: SU EG RM AR EDA SS.