About the Authors

Valentina Folgiero

Contributed equally to this work with: Valentina Folgiero, Paolo Avetrani

Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Paolo Avetrani

Contributed equally to this work with: Valentina Folgiero, Paolo Avetrani

Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Giulia Bon

Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Selene E. Di Carlo

Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Alessandra Fabi

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Cecilia Nisticò

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Patrizia Vici

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Elisa Melucci

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Simonetta Buglioni

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Letizia Perracchio

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Isabella Sperduti

Affiliation Scientific Direction, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Laura Rosanò

Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Ada Sacchi

Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Marcella Mottolese

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Rita Falcioni

*E-mail: falcioni@ifo.it

Affiliation Department of Experimental Oncology, Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RF. Performed the experiments: MM VF PA GB SD SB. Analyzed the data: MM IS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AF CN PV EM LP LR. Wrote the paper: RF. Other: Critical discussion: MM AS.