About the Authors

Federica Ciregia

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Laura Giusti

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Angelo Molinaro

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Filippo Niccolai

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Patrizia Agretti

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Teresa Rago

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Giancarlo Di Coscio

Affiliation Section of Cytopathology, University of Pisa and Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy

Paolo Vitti

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Fulvio Basolo

Affiliation Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Area, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Pietro Iacconi

Affiliation Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology and Critical Area, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Massimo Tonacchera

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Antonio Lucacchini

lucas@farm.unipi.it

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FC LG AL. Performed the experiments: FC AM FN. Analyzed the data: FC LG AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM FN PA PI MT. Wrote the paper: FC LG MT PV AL. Carried out FNA: TR. Cytological Examination: GDC. Histological analysis: FB.