About the Authors

Daniela Basso

daniela.basso@sanita.padova.it

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Paola Fogar

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Massimo Falconi

Current address: Department of Surgery, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Affiliation Chirurgia B, Department of Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Elisa Fadi

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Cosimo Sperti

Affiliation Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Chiara Frasson

Affiliation Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Laboratory of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Eliana Greco

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Domenico Tamburrino

Affiliation Chirurgia B, Department of Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Sara Teolato

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Stefania Moz

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Dania Bozzato

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Michela Pelloso

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Andrea Padoan

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Giuseppe De Franchis

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Elisa Gnatta

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Monica Facco

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Carlo-Federico Zambon

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Filippo Navaglia

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Claudio Pasquali

Affiliation Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Giuseppe Basso

Affiliation Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Laboratory of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Gianpietro Semenzato

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Sergio Pedrazzoli

Affiliation Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Paolo Pederzoli

Affiliation Chirurgia B, Department of Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Mario Plebani

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Obtained funding: SP D. Basso. Conceived and designed the experiments: D. Basso PF. Performed the experiments: PF EF CS DT SM D. Bozzato M. Pelloso GDF C-FZ FN CP CF E. Greco ST E. Gnatta M. Facco. Analyzed the data: D. Basso PF EF AP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB GS SP PP M. Plebani. Wrote the paper: D. Basso PF M. Falconi.