da Silva, Jessica Boscariol https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7482-7516
de Oliveira, José Leonardo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8258-8642
Menderico, Gilberto Mendes Jr. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7281-4044
Sichero, Laura https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7999-5818
Carvalho, Hernandes F. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3080-9447
Kowalski, Luiz Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0481-156X
Matos, Leandro Luongo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5068-8208
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universidade De São Paulo
Article History
Received: 3 March 2026
Accepted: 4 May 2026
First Online: 14 May 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The experimental study consisted of in vitro invasion assays and in vivo tumor formation in a zebrafish model. This study was approved by the Animal Ethics Committee (CEUA – protocol 1538/2020). The ex vivo study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee under protocol number 228/14 (CAAE 32884214.5.0000.0065).
: All human participants provided written informed consent to participate in the study.
: All authors have read and approved the final manuscript and do not have any actual, potential, or apparent conflicts of interest concerning the manuscript submitted for review.
: The authors declare that AI- and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process were not used for the preparation of this study.