About the Authors

Luca Lavra

Affiliation Research Center, St. Pietro Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Rome, Italy

Cinzia Rinaldo

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

Alessandra Ulivieri

Affiliation Research Center, St. Pietro Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Rome, Italy

Emidio Luciani

Affiliation Department of Pathology, St. Andrea Universitary Hospital, Rome, Italy

Paolo Fidanza

Affiliation Research Center, St. Pietro Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Rome, Italy

Laura Giacomelli

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

Carlo Bellotti

Affiliation Chair of Surgery, University of Rome “Sapienza”, St. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy

Alberto Ricci

Affiliation Departement of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Maria Trovato

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology, University of Messina, Policlinico “G Martino Universitary Hospital, Messina, Italy

Silvia Soddu

salvatore.sciacchitano@uniroma1.it (S. Sciacchitano); soddu@ifo.it (S. Soddu); Armando.Bartolazzi@cck.ki.se (AB)

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

Armando Bartolazzi

salvatore.sciacchitano@uniroma1.it (S. Sciacchitano); soddu@ifo.it (S. Soddu); Armando.Bartolazzi@cck.ki.se (AB)

Affiliations Department of Pathology, St. Andrea Universitary Hospital, Rome, Italy, Cellular and Molecular Tumour Pathology Laboratory, Cancer Center Karolinska, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Salvatore Sciacchitano

salvatore.sciacchitano@uniroma1.it (S. Sciacchitano); soddu@ifo.it (S. Soddu); Armando.Bartolazzi@cck.ki.se (AB)

Affiliations Research Center, St. Pietro Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Rome, Italy, Departement of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL AB S. Sciacchitano. Performed the experiments: LL CR AU PF LG CB AR MT EL S. Soddu S. Sciacchitano. Analyzed the data: LL AB S. Sciacchitano. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LG CB MT S. Soddu AB S. Sciacchitano. Wrote the paper: LL S. Sciacchitano.