Roca, Maria Serena https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9621-0939
Lombardi, Rita
Testa, Cristina
Iannelli, Federica
Grumetti, Laura
Moccia, Tania
Barile, Veronica
Addi, Laura
Memoli, Domenico
Leone, Alessandra
Di Franco, Simone https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6217-2161
Stassi, Giorgio https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1016-9059
Avallone, Antonio
Bruzzese, Francesca
Pucci, Biagio
Budillon, Alfredo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6330-6053
Di Gennaro, Elena https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6223-7845
Article History
Received: 27 April 2025
Revised: 4 June 2025
Accepted: 17 July 2025
First Online: 1 August 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Sphere cells were kindly provided by the Stassi G Laboratory and isolated from CRC patients undergoing colon resection, in accordance with the ethical standards regarding Human Experimentation (authorization CE9/2015, Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, Palermo). Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study. All animal procedures were performed in accordance with ARRIVE guidelines [] (European directive 2010/63/UE and Italian Law—Directive 2010/63/EU and DL 26/2014) and were approved by the appropriate institutional review board (no. 377/2018-PR).