About the Authors

Irma Airoldi

irmaairoldi@ospedale-gaslini.ge.it

Affiliation A.I.R.C. Tumor Immunology Unit, Department of Experimental and Laboratory Medicine, G. Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy

Emma Di Carlo

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, “G. d'Annunzio” University and Ce.S.I. Aging Research Center, “G. d'Annunzio” University Foundation, Chieti, Italy

Claudia Cocco

Affiliation A.I.R.C. Tumor Immunology Unit, Department of Experimental and Laboratory Medicine, G. Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy

Emanuela Caci

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

Michele Cilli

Affiliation Animal Model Facility, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy

Carlo Sorrentino

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Neurosciences, “G. d'Annunzio” University and Ce.S.I. Aging Research Center, “G. d'Annunzio” University Foundation, Chieti, Italy

Gabriella Sozzi

Affiliation Cytogenetic and Molecular Cytogenetic Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy

Silvano Ferrini

Affiliation Department of Translational Oncology, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy

Sandra Rosini

Affiliation Anatomic Pathology Section, “SS Annunziata” Hospital, Chieti and Ce.S.I. Aging Research Centre, “G. d'Annunzio” University Foundation, Chieti, Italy

Giulia Bertolini

Affiliation Cytogenetic and Molecular Cytogenetic Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy

Mauro Truini

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy

Francesco Grossi

Affiliation Oncologia Medica A, Disease Management Team, Lung Cancer, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy

Luis Juan Vicente Galietta

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

Domenico Ribatti

Affiliation Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Vito Pistoia

Affiliation Laboratory of Oncology, G. Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IA EC MC. Performed the experiments: IA EDC CC EC CS GB DR. Analyzed the data: IA EDC EC GS DR VP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EDC MC GS SF SR MT FG LJVG. Wrote the paper: IA EDC VP.