Mimmi, Selena http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2187-9176
Maisano, Domenico http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1221-9320
Nisticò, Nancy
Vecchio, Eleonora
Chiurazzi, Federico
Ferrara, Katia
Iannalfo, Marialuigia
D’Ambrosio, Alessandro
Fiume, Giuseppe
Iaccino, Enrico
Quinto, Ileana http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8212-8515
Article History
Received: 17 March 2020
Revised: 15 May 2020
Accepted: 21 May 2020
First Online: 1 June 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Experiments involving human subjects were approved by the Italian Regional “Calabria” Ethics Committee (Protocol N. 75, 23/03/17), in accordance with the ethical and safety rules and guidelines provided by the relevant Italian laws (art. 4–5 of D. lgs 116/ 92, DD.MM. of 29/09/1995 and 26/04/2000), and in accordance with the ethical guidelines of the European Community Council (directive n. 86/ 609/ECC). Blood samples from healthy donors or CLL patients were obtained upon written and oral informed consent from the participants to the study.